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The Washington times., 1911-03-21
SCHOOLS WILL WAGE
WAR ON SOFT DRINKS
Officials to Put Stop to "Ex'
cesses" of Boys and
Girls.

High school students will have to s1pp
drinking. The Board of Education will
in the near future take action in the
matter; and when the edict prohibiting
drinking goes forth, it will be directed
not only to the boys but to the fair
Co-eds.
Yes, the girl students in the high
schools are guilty Of the habit. In
fact, IL has been brought to the at
tention of Superintendent of Schools
that the girls of the high schools Of
Washington are the real offenders. The
boys, according to the information now
before the superintendent, haven't the
habit half as strongly fixed as the girls
OF course, the concoctions imbibed are
not of the intoxicating kind, but they
are said to be consumed in such guam
titles at the luncheon period as to be
harmful. At the meeting of the Board
OF Education, tomorrow afternoon, the
matter Is expected to be brought up.
II am glad that this matter has been
brought to my attention, said Mr.. Stu
art today. 1T is a matter which the
school board should know about, for
the soft drink habit among pupis-.at
the noon recess period is undoubtedly
bad one. OF course, all these soft
drinks are not bad, and an occasional
one might not have any bad effects.
However, IL. as has been brought to
my attention. some of the pupils take
a glass of ice cream soda, or A soft
drink instead of substantial luncheon.
II should be stopped Immediately. Just
how the school officials can do this I
cannot say. That is a matter for the
Board Of Education to decide"
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Munsey's for April Gives
Mrs. Eddy's Second Letter

In a very remarkable article entitled
The Girlhood of Mary Baker Eddy,
which appears in the April number OF
Munsey's Magazine is reproduced the
second letter ever written by the foun-
der of Christian Science. 1t is dated
September :, 1857. and was written
therefore, when she was exactly four
teen years old. II is addr, Ssed to her
brother, George Sullivan Baker, who at
that time was living at Wethersfeld,
Conn. 1t is the epistle Of a fourteen
Tcar-old girl who spells rather badly.
/ p 10 that time Mary Baker Eddy en-
jOycd but little schooling, but i'm her
writing at :his immature period is re-
Nealcd something of the temperament
and character which later made her u
figure Of worldwide interest.
The ending of this letter is character
iStiC. and is with all its original mis-
takes. as follows:
Il have written much more than !
intended as sister NJ. and | have both
written and will now close with giving
YOU much thanks for the present YOU
sent me by Nh. c. although | did not
receive the tooth pick [ shall take the
will for the deedtand think much Of
thcDl for coming from YOU. Write cv
cry oportunity excuse all mistakes a.
This is the second letter ] ever wrote
and accept the well wishes of your ar
fCCtiOnate sister.
"MARY M BAKER"
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
HOTEL GUESTS ARE
DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE
Blaze Started in Lunchroom
Under Wing of Ameri-
can House.

Forty guests at the American House
6SS Pennsylvania avenue northwest, were
driven 20 the street early today, wheT
fire started in a lunch room on the first
floor of the Seventh street wing of the
building and flied the corridors and
rooms on the upper floors with smoke.
When No. IA and No. 16 engine COM
panies arrived in response to an alarm
from a box at Seventh and & streets,
MANY of the guests, dressed in scanty
attire, were coming down the stairways,
while others were standing at the win
dows and on the fire escapes. The only
person who had to be assisted from the
building was Lloyd Jefferies, of Fred
erick, Md, who was sleeping in room
directly over the lunch room. Members
of No. IS engine company helped him
down a ladder.
The hotel, which is four-story
structure, has its main entrance in
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. A wing of the
building runs around to Seventh street,
where there is arOther entrance. The
lunch room was closed at s o'clock last
night. and about o'clock this morning,
Crossing Policeman Nicholas Miles diso
covered a blaze in the kitchen. 1t Is
believed the fire was caused by an
OvoTheated stove.
The blaze was confined practically to
the lunch room. although several ROOMS
on the second floor were slightly dam
aged. William A. GRAY. owner Of the
lunch room. estimates his loss a. 81 con,
covered by insurance. Several hundred
dollars damage was also lone to the
building, which is owned by the j. Ford
Thompson estate
After sending in the alarm, Policeman
Miles and the night clerk awakened
the guests. When the 1ircnlen arrived.
the men and women standing at the
windows were warned not to jump, and
instructed to go to the front of the
building and leave by the main stair
WAY.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Author Sues Divorced
Wife for Pigs and Cat

LONDON March 21.-The suit of Rob
ert H. Sherrard. formerly of New York
against his wife, Irene Sharrard, once
the wife of John c. Osgood, president
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
TO recover possession of a gray horse,
one cat, six pigs, and one cat basket,
VIII be heard in the Northampton
county court tomorrow.
Mr.. Sherrard is the author Of a biog-
graphy on oscar Wilde. Mrs. Sherrard,
who is the author of 'Servitude" ard
ITO a Nun Confessed" admits selling
the pigs, which she says she bought.
pensioning the horse, which she saws
she owned, and to having the cat cared
for by her maid.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Don't Get in the
Bald-Headed Row

II you've got a good head of hair,
keep it by taking care of your
hair. Nature made a little cell in
your scalp from which each hair
draws its life. When the scalp
gets dry, hot, and itchy, it makes
= dandruff-your hair starts falling
out a little with every brushing,
giving warning: You're going to
lose Il. You can keep it and grow
more by using DANDERINE-it's
a medicine for the hair roots that
starts the circulation so that the
little cells give each hair the life
force that keeps it growing.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21

When Shopping at Kann's You Can
.esve your Times Want Ads at the In
formation Desk.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
SWells Relief Funds
For Chinese Victims

Twenty-Five thousand dollars for re-
lief work among the Chinese plague
victims has been received at the State
Department. The donation comes
through the Christian Herald, OF New
York city.
This contribution brings the aggregate
now in the hands of the State Depart
ment to $1,000.
Word has been received by the
Christian Herald from missionaries in
Chin kiang, in the heart of the strick-
en- district that conditions are unre-
Iieved, and that they need $4,000 to
continue their work of relief until May
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The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Colored Boy Is Killed
By Chevy Chase Car

An inquest will be held at the morcue
tomorrow over the body of Mills Red
dick. a thirteen-year-old coIored boy, OF
Fort Reno, D. c., who was instantly
Killed by a Chevy Chase car.
The boy was carrying water for A
ga. of laborers when the accident
happened.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Lodge EntertainS.

With program of music and
speeches, Excelsior Lodge, I. o. o. F,
entertained Beacon Lodge of tho same
order, at its hall. in Seventh street. last
night. and within the next few weeks
will entertain the KazoO Band, a mU-
Metropolis Lodge.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Organization Representatives..

The following wert crcsent at tie
meeting held in Mr.. Shannon's office
Yesterday afternoon:
William NJ. Terrell. representing Kens-
ington Citizens Association; John G.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21

| If everybody in Washington Is not
familiar with the meaning of the Park
! Commissions plans for the beautifica-
| ton of Washington and the objects and
purposes of the Peoples Garden Asso-
| citation, it will not be the fault of Glenn
| Brown, secretary of the American In
stitute of Architects: David Fairchild.
president of the Peoples Garden Asso-
| citation: William Z. Shannon, vice chair
| man of the Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee on Identification of Washington:
and the heads of the various citizens
associations of the District
Mr.. Brown and Mr. Fairchild have
agreed to City-wide campaign of ad-
dress making and stereopticon view
showing which is expected to make Il
possible for every person in the District
10 near the lectures of the two experts
VINO nave the common purpose of bring
ing about more beautiful Washington
through two different methods.
Campaign Mapped Out.
Arrangements for the campaign were
made in the office Of MI Shannon yes
terday afternoon, when officers of the
various citizens aSSoCia tionS of the Dis
trict gathered and together mapped out
a program for the lectures. All reported
that auditOriums for the lectures had
been secured. The announcements for
each lecture will be made in the several
localities nearest the place of meeting.
The first lectures will be given to-
morrow ntPht at kensington, and will
be continued nearly every night for the
next two weeks. The dates are as fol-
lows:
March 90. kensington-Presby
Sunday school house.
March "A, Park Niew-Whitney Avenue
Christian Church. Park View will eX-
tend an invitation to Takoma Park Citi-
zcns' Association. Brightwood Citizens
Association, BrightwoOd Park Citizens
Association. and Petworth Citizens As
SOCiation.
March y, Chevy Chase-Chevy Chase
Library. Chevy Chase will extend invi-
tations TO Pinehurst Citizens Associa-
ton.
March q. Georgetown-Linthicu Hall.
Georgetown will extend invitation To
Northwest Suburban Citizens AssOcia-
ton.
March IS. North WashIngton-Church
of the Advent North Washington will
extend invitation to North Capitol Citi-
zens' Association. lexington Citizens
Association. BroOkland Citizens AssO-
citation, and Rhode Island Avenue Su
burban Citizens Association.
March %, Piney Branch-Methodist
March 30. Columbia Heights-St Stepn-
ems Parish Hall
March 81, Mt. Ballroom OF
Kenesaw Apartment House.
April g. Observation-Disclosures Church
Sunday school hall. Anacostia will in
vite Congress Heights Public Improve
ment Citizens Association and South
east Washington Citizens Association.
April T. Northeast Washington-NOrth-
cast Temple. Northeast Washington
Citizens Association will extend invita-
tiOns TO East Washington Citizens As
sOciatiOn, BenninG Citizens Associa-
ton. East End Suburban CNizens 'Asso-
ciation. Northeast Suburban Citizens,
Association, Prince George County and
Eastern District OF Columbia Citizens
and Lincoln Park Citizens
Association.
Organization Representatives, |
The following wort crcsent at tie
meeting held in Mr.. Shannons office
Yesterday afternoon:
William NJ. Terrell. representing Kens- |
ington Citizens Association; John C. !
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Attempts to Blow Up
Thomas Taggart's Hotel

FRENCH LICK, Ind, March IL
Thomas Taggart. proprietor of the
French Lick Hotel, is suffering much
from anxiety because of renewed at
tempts to wreck the hotel with dyna-
mite.
charge exploded in a new building
connected with the hotel last night
failed to do much actual damage, but
it frightened Mr. TagGart and the peo-
pie in the hotel, who fled in panic.
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Strychnine, Used for
Baking Powder, Fatal

KITTANNING, Pa, March 21.-Cara-
less substitution Of strychnine for bak-
Ing powder by Mrs. William Fair in a
cake she baked is the cause of the death
today of her three-year-old daughter.
and the critical illness of three other
children. The mother is prostrated
The Washington times., 1911-03-21
Danderine
Makes the Hair Grow

1t gives the sweet odor that comes
only from a we'll dressed head.
The hair will show life-it will be
light and fluffy, just as nature in
tended. Many a mans heart has
been won by the glory Of a wo-
mans hair. DANDERINE will
give it the fascinating power, Get
a bottle-use it as directed-you1l
see-so will that good fellow the
next time he comes to see you.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04

teen million francs; and the pri-
mary schools require an outlay Of
twenty-one millions. This is not
the whole cost of these schools, for
the Belgian Government provides
a portion Of the funds needed for
their support. These amounts rep
resent the contributions made by
Catholics alone for the mainte-
nance Of these institutions.
The University of Louvain has
an enrolment Of 2,351-an in
crease of one hundred over last
year. 1t has more students than
the Universities of Client and
Liege or any other similar state
institution It's pupils carried off
the first prizes in the late con
tests participated in by university
students. There are ninety Cath
Ollie colleges, mostly diocesan, at
tended by $4,000 pupils or about
three times as many as attend the
state colleges.
Since 1884 the Catholics of Bel
GUM have expended more than a
billion francs for Catholic educa-
ton apart from the state aid guar
anteed to all schools which fulfill
the required conditions from a
pedagogical point of view. This
amount has been saved to the pub
lie treasury which, were it not for
this generosity on the part. Of
Catholics, would find difficulty in
providing from it's Golfers for the
instruction Of all the children OF
Belgium.
In 1884 the Catholic party sue,
ceeded in defeating the Liberals
and Freemasons who had framed
the iniquitous Claw Of Misfor.
tune, y which took away the Chris
tian character from the primary
schools by excluding all religious
instruction and barring from the
ranks of teachers all graduates Of
religious schools. At the call Of
the Bishops the Catholics protest
ed against this drastic measure
and after a short struggle the ole
regime was restored. Since the1
/ Belgium has made a remarkable
showing in it's contributions fol
the support Of Catholic schools
It's people realize the value Of edu
cation carried on under the aus
pieces of the church and spar,
neither the money nor the effor
necessary to place it's advantage!
, within reach Of their children. 4
good example for Catholic
throughout the world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04
NOT WITHOUT HONOR SAVE
IN HIS OWN CITY.

The ex-President of Harvard is
very unfortunate in his utterances.
Some time ago he outlined a new
form Of religion for the future and
was promptly raped over the
knuckles by all who believe in
the supernatural teachings Of
Christianity Not long since he
derided the idea Of Original Sin
and criticised the teaching of the
Bible on this point. His errors
were quickly refuted and the true
teaching Of the Bible regarding
Original Sin was once more reit-
Grated. He did not profit by these
lessons and now he has stirred up
society women in his own home
city, Boston, by declaration on
the subject Of large families. 81
believe" he is reported to have
said, no restriction of the birth
rate can be supported, either by
morals or by economics. The dur
able satisfactions Of life depend
upon having the normal number
Of children, and the normal mum
Der of children is five or six to
the family. Y y I believe in
monogamy, equal chastity between
men and women and the norma
birth rate
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04
MRS. CARLYLE ON FATHER MAT
THEW.

Mrs. Thomas Carlyle wrote to her
husband: "You know I have always
had the greatest reverence for that
priest, and when | heard that he was
in London and attainable to me, I
felt that l must see him, shake him
by the hand, and tell him that l
loved him considerably. He made me
sit down on the only chair for a mo-
ment, then took me by the hand as if
| had been a little girl, and led me
to the front of the platform to see
him administer the pledge. Two hun
dred took it, and all the tragedies and
theatrical representations I ever saw,
melted into one, could not have given
me such emotion as that scene did.
There were faces of both men and
women that will haunt me while
live; faces exhibiting such concen-
trated wretchedness making, you
would say, last struggle with the
powers of darkness. And in the face
of Father Matthew, when one looked
from them to him, the mercy of
Heaven seemed to be laid bare. /
could not speak for excitement all the
way home"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04
CANADIAN HIERARCHY AND THE
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

The Pastoral Letter of the Canadian
Archbishops and Bishops assembled
at the First Plenary Council of Que
bee, has the following reference to the
liquor traffic:
AS successors of the valiant apos-
tie of temperance, Monsigneur Laval,
our first Bishop of Quebec, we feel it
our duty to continue today the cru
sade of which he was the fearless mi
tiator Already the civil au-
thorities have given their weighty CO
operation, and have devoted themselves
to the checking Of the plague OF intern
perance. 1t has above all been real
lied that the evil should be attacked
in its source, namely, that the traf-
fic in intoxicating liquors should be
suppressed, or where that 10 not posi-
BILE, at least restricted and more &C.
verely controlled"
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announcement

This pronouncement caused
more than hutter among the
society women of Boston. They
are "up in arms over the question,
and at many women's clubs the
subject has been placed upon the
calendar for early discussion. =
The result Of this discussion is
not likely to be favorable to DR..
Eliot's views. These club women,
as rule, have a hearty horror of
children even in smaller numbers
than that recommended by the
learned doctor. They would take
more readily to the poodle variety
which imposes fewer pangs and
places less restraint on them; and
they are not concerned about the
"durable satisfactions of life," ex-
cept in so far as these minister to
their personal comfort. Their sis
tiers in the humber walks Of life
whose home is their club will vel
come this declaration of Har-
ward S ex-President as in line with
rational ideas of life and conduct
Dr. Eliot is right for once. His
ideas on the family relation and
on family life are sound and it is
to be hoped that society women
the world over will heed his words
even if it means fewer clubs. Il
they do not the world will be
called upon to mourn, but without
tears, the passing away of socia
butterflies and club devotees.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04
BELGIAN CATHOLICS SUP
PORT THEIR SCHOOLS.

The Catholics Of Belgium have
established an enviable reputation
for their generous contributions to
the support of their educational
institutions. The money is well
spent; for it has placed Belgium
in the front rank among nations,
and shows what generation edu-
Gated in Catholic schools is capa-
BILE of when there is question of
doing their duty in this regard.
The University of Louvain costs
the Catholics Of Belgium two mil
lion five hundred thousand francs
a year, or half d million dollars
The intermediate schools cost fif.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04
CATHOLIC. GROWTH IN GERMANY

The Catholics are steadily winning
back lost ground in Germany. The
Berlin correspondent of British Non
confirmist organ, the Christian
World informs us that, according to
statistics to which a well-known re-
ligious journal in Berlin has access,
the Catholic population of Prussia has
increased within the last forty years
from 1886 per cent of the whole to
$3.50 per cent, and the Protestant pop
ulation has decreased from 6489 per
cent of the whole to $3.50 So that
since the war with France there has
been decrease Of 2.30 per cent in the
Protestant population, and the Cath
olics have increased 2.24 Various ex-
plantations of this alteration in the
relative proportions of Protestants and
Catholics to the general population are
offered. One is the rapid increase of
the Poles in the eastern provinces,
and another is the higher average OF
the number of members i'm Catholic
families. The rise in the Catholic per.
centage may be partly due to these
causes, but it may also be safely at.
tributed in part to the effects produced
by the greater religious earnestness oil
the Catholics. In that respect the
Protestants cannot be compared with
them, and in consequence converts are
steadily il not in great sumbers, en-
tering the Catholic Church.
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preached by the Protestant Epis-
copal Church is Catholic doctrine.
They will not be deluded by this,
for they know their religion too
well nor will it bring success to
the Protestant Church. The Flip
mos will see through the scheme Of
the Bishop, for in their minds
Protestant and Catholic are as
Numerically opposed as darkness
and light. !" We would advise the
Bishop to turn his attention to
other fields where avowedly dis
honest effort will not be necessary
for the work Of evangelization.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04

The Norwegian cabinet has
adopted a resolution providing for
the admission Of women to all
state Offices except those connected
with the cabinet, the military,
diplomatic and consular services
and the Church.
In this country women have
found their way into numerous
positions Of responsibility, not ex-
cepting the pulpits of many Protes-
tant churches; and if the suffrag-
cite movement grows there is no
telling how much further the
sphere of woman's versatility may
be extended. But of one thing we
are assured. The sanctuary rail
of the Catholic Church will ever
proclaim: Thus far shalt thou
come and no further.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-04
THE PROTESTANT CHURCH
IN THE PHILIPPINES.

1t is now pretty generally ad-
mitted that the attempts of the
Protestant sects to obtain a, foet7
hold among the natives of the
Philippine Islands have not proved
very successful. The number who
have been lured away from al
legiance to the Church of Rome is
woefully small in view of the
proselytizing efforts Of the sects.
The natives are too devotedly loyal
to the old religion which brought
them the blessings of the true
faith and impressed it's culture and
refinement on them to be easily in
duced to cast it aside for any
emasculated cult. Whenever they
do so, it is not for the purpose Of
lettering their religious condition;
but from some selfish motive. The
vast majority are good Catholics
and will remain so despite the eff
forts made to pervert them.
Some Of the leaders Of Protes-
tantism in the Philippines have
begun to realize the hopelessness
Of trying to convert the natives
from Catholicism. They know
that they are sailing under false
colors whenever they attempt, as
Bishop Brent, the Protestant Epis-
copal Bishop, recently declared,
ito do a Catholic work with sec
tartan implements. = He rightly
calls such a propaganda "a mani
fest absurdity.' The Bishop is
beginning to see great light. He
knows in his heart that the natives
will never take kindly to a church
calling itself Protestant, " and in
order to overcome this prejudice
he would not be unwilling to
strike out that odious word
and have his church masquerade
as Catholic. This would remove
1.-THE misconception arising in the
minds of the natives when q
church with a blatantly Protestant
name claims to be Catholic in
character and work
In other words Bishop Brent
whose duty it is, in virtue Of his
position in the Protestant Episco
pal Church, to uphold all his
church stands for, would resort te
the subterfuge Of deceiving the
Filipinos as to the true charac
ter Of that church in order to ado
to its membership. And this il
spite Of the fact that the Protes
tant Episcopal church teaches it,
followers that it is sinful to liz
and to bear false witness!
i To show that he is in earnest il
making this proposal he declare.
that 1--WE have torn out the title
page of our prayer books and insis
on the meaning and signifcane,
\ Of the confession of faith in til,
prayer book itself: i believe ii
the Holy Catholic Church. !" HI
would try to deceive the native
] into believing that the doctrin,