The Washington times., 1911-08-18

A trackless trolley line is to be con-
structed over in Maryland ANY kin
to the herdic?
II would seem that it Is about time
that Georgetown's House of Trouble
vas suppressed.
Young Raymond Hawkins ard his
father will not be able to agree as 70
what constitutes & worth of whIprings
The firm of Lake & Parks" stenog-
Faphers, In the Southern building, ought
Ro 90 good business this time of year
No gum-shoe earthquake need ex-
pect to get by the sensitive little
seismograph out at Georgetown Uni
versity
Downtown business property is
booming these days. A 100000 deal
"Wednesday was followed by a $500, 900
deal Thursday.
They have invited Mr. Taft to take
an Reroplane ride at Squantum, but
going up in the air has not sufficient
novelty to attract him.
The pages of the House have de
feated the pages of the Senate in q
warmly contested game or baseball
The House pages are more accustomed
to activity.
The Mississippi Society is down at
Chesapeake bay on a frolic, and
John Sharp Williams is preparing to
turn loose his choicest brand of i'm
promptu eloquence.
part of the energy which Is being
devoted to the anti-cigarette cause
might be diverted in the direction Of
breaking rats from the dangerous
habit of chewing matches.
Prof. A. B. Cron, Of the Bureau Of
Plant Industry, is telling MARYLAND
farmers Of the virtue of alfalfa.
large audience at Blair yesterday heard
him tell how to raise this crop sue
cessfully.
The arrest Of sailor for mutiny
on board the steamer St Johns, which
plies the deep waters of the Potomac
recalls somet Of the stirring days when
life on the w1ndjammers was one long
thrilling romance.
The president of the Board Of Edu-
cation and the municipal architect
are in the throes of another fight.
Many more may be expected so long
as the present dual system of school
administration continues.
The grounds around the Pan-AmerI-
can Union building will be n master
piece OF the landscape gardeners SKIN
ana the architects highest genius The
plans as published in The Times have
awakened the keenest interest.
TWO Washington women, Mrs. George
II. Cook and Mrs. George {. Schaeffer
were prize winners in the bowling mstcb
held by the feminine contingent of the
florists in session in Baltimore while
the delegates were holding their cleo
ton Of officers.
= Funeral services for the unidentified
dead OF the District have been arranged
for by Health Officer Woodward. with
the cooperation of a number Of warm
hearted clergymen. who will conduct the
services, Surely no man need be bur-
led In this enlightened age and civilized
community without the rites of burial
in some form.
The meeting Of James E. Fftzgeral6.
OF Oakville, Wash, with his cousin
w. J. Gallagher, of 1905 Lincoln ave-
nue. northeast, after forty Years Of
separation, affords a pretty romance.
They parted Is lads in London and
while both came West their new homes
were separated by a wide no7iir.r
Mr.. Fitzgerald is going to visit his
old home in London and the birthplace
Of his father and mother in Ireland.
1t is a somewhat peculiar circum-
stance that with all the other necessi-
ties and luxuries acquired by Congress
there has never been a move to employ
an official physician. In case of sud-
den illness it is necessary now to re-
QUESTION the service of some one of the
few members who have a doctors de-
Gree. Congressman Foster of Illinois
Served in such a capacity when Lewis
Of Maryland was taken seriously i'll in
Tie House yesterday.
The approaching close OF Camp Good
Will-Aug;Ist 29-ouCht to bring more
prominently than ever before the peo-
pie of the District the Importance of
the institution. Its present season haE
been its most successful, and its bene-
fts will be enduring. More than sO0