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The Washington times., 1911-09-21
Minister Discusses
Conditions In China

William J. Calhoun. United States
minister to China. today called at the
State Department and discussed with
Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson
conditions in the Orient. The minister
Is in this country on leave and will re-
turn to China early in October.
When seen, the minister would not go
into a discussion of the politics of the
Far East. He would not say whether
he would return to the United States in
a few months to become a candidate
for the governorship or the senatorship
from Illinois. He did deplore the up
rising in Szechuen province, and ex
pressed great sympathy for the flood
sufferers in the lower Yangtze River
valley.
The minister said that any revolu-
tionary condition in Szechuen would be
serious. because of the remoteness Of
the province and the difficulty the CEN
trail government would have in getting
its army into the territory. This is an
enormously populous province and was
difficult to govern. he added.
Speaking Of the floods in the lower
country. Mr.. Calhoun said they caused
great suffering. The fact that they
have become an almost annual occur
renee, he continued, has driven most
of the Chinese out Of the valley. Those
that have remained, however. are now
In a distressed condition.
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
LAUDS
CAPITAL TEACHERS
''You Have The Most Whole-Hearted Set Of Teachers
Any Superintendent Would Want To Deal With,
He Declares.

any teacher or employee is using friends.
or what Is worse, near friends to fur
Their his promotion
The new superintendent again ex-
pressed his warm approval Of athletics,
and this brought expressions of APPROX
al from the men and younger women
teachers.
IF there is anything l like better
than a football game It is a boat race
declared DIR. Davidson, when he spoke
Of visit to Harvard when in company
with DR.. Eliot he witnessed the Grim
son crew In practice work.
Ovation for Stuart.
With an urgent admonition to face
their work like play, and shoulder
their responsibilities like play, DR..
Davidson brought ITO a close another
speech, nearly an hour in length, which
again marked him as an eloquent and
forceful talkeI.
He was introduced by Mr.. Stuart, who
received an ovation when he arose to
speak, and Mrs. f. S. Mussey. vice
troductory remarks before Mr.. Stuart
arose.
After the formal meeting the teachers
gathered around the platform and shook
hands with the new school head.
DIR. Davidson read a list of the
superintendents of Washington schools
under the present regime, making some
comment about each. In speaking OF
DR.. Chancellor he said:
william r. Chancellor. genius in the
field of educational writing eloquent
at point or tongue and point of pen,
who. through platform and book, has
~een an inspiration to hundreds OF
This was the entire comment upon
the Chancellor administration
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
Birthday Of Two
Members Of House

Representative George Farmer Bur-
CESS Of Texas is Just half century old
today. Mr.. Burgess is not a farmer, IN
spite OF his name. He Is a lawyer, a
native OF Texas and an experienced poll
tician. He has served in the House
since the Fifty-seventh Congress.
Representative James S. Davenport
of Oklahoma, is forty-seven years Of
age today. He is a Democrat, a native
Of Alabama. At the age of fifteen he
moved with his fathers family to Ar
kansas, went TO the public schools
there, and studied law and was admit
ted to the bar. In 1890 he moved to
Indian Territory and has since prac-
ticed law at Muskogee and Ninita. He
has been twice married, each time to
young woman of the Cherokee Nation.
He was the only intermarried white
man who was ever speaker Of the
Cherokee Legislature. He entered the
House in the Sixtleth Congress.
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
RADICAL CHANGE
IN CLASS STUDIES
IS COMING SOON
DR.. Davidson States His Op-
position To Elective
iii System.

The elective system now in vogue in
the high schools. which allows pupils
a wide latitude Of subjects will be
radically modified in the near future.
What will be the nature of the modi-
fication, DR.. w. NJ. Davidson is not
ready to state, as he has not gone over
the matter thoroughly. This change
will be one of his first administrative
acts.
A modification is deemed necessary,
according to Harry English, chief of the
hoard IF teachers examiners, because
OF the necessity for economy in the dis
trihution of teachers. Another reason
for a change is the present opportunity
for pupils to choose a list OF easy
studies
Il am in favor of election in high
school and college, said DR.. Davidson,
when that election is widely guided
both by parent and faculty. But when
the election takes n turn which will
permit 4 pupil to drop a subject be-
cause he finds it too hard. then it is
time TO put down the screws.
81 do not know that such condition
exists in the WASHINGTON nigh schools
but II It does, # certainly will be
checked
According 10 MT. EngnSn. the pres
ent system of allowing pupils free rein
iii taking so many combinations of
studies results in the appointment of
too many teachers. owing to the small
classes the practice entails.
The question of allowing pupils to
advance in one or more studies when
they fail to pass in others, also, is re-
sponsible for a big waste, according
10 Mr.. English, and 1t is likely a rigid
promotion scheme, by which pupils will
not be allowed to split their courses,
Will be put into effect.
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
The alais ROYAL.
A. Lisner Open Until O'clock G Street
Housekeepers' Day

Not only do army of houkeepers know that Friday prices
are less than other day-b they know that the list published every
Thursday evening always worthy The Times would not be
complete without the Pala Royals list of Basement Floor Friday
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
Textile Commission
Will.Go To Europe

Announcement was made at the
Treasury Department today that COM
mission has been named tc study mat
tiers of Importance to the textile trade,
1t consists of w. T. Hodges, appraiser
at Boston: II. II. Waters, deputy COL
lector OF the New York collectors Of
fee, and Charles Spach, examiner of
the New Yoyk appraisers office.
It is to report on the question of en-
forcement of the type sample regula-
tons which require textile fabric sam
Piles to be deposited with the consul
lates and with the ports OF entry IN
this country. In Investigating, the COM
mission will go to London and Paris
and other places abroad and will report
upon the best methods Of obtaining
samples.
The commission will also study the
best method of valuing nettings manu-
featured at Nottingham, England, and
of laces made at ST. Calls, Switzerland.
The commission will sail early in Oc-
tober.
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
BrOOkland'S Exhibit
Ends With Success

The Brookland Brotherhood's flower.
fruit and vegetable show for this wear,
the third held, has been closed after
two days Of great success The exhibit
ton, which was held in Lord Memorial
Hail, Brookland Baptist Church.
brought out the results of the best eff
forts of Brookland citizens to grow
beautiful flowers, luscious fruits and
toothsOme and nutritious garden yegc-
tables.
1t is probable another exhibition will
be given in the spring. Whether this
innovation will be adopted will not be
decided. however, for some time The
next meeting of the brotherhood is on
the second Tuesday in October, but il is
expected the only business transacted
will he the election of officers.
The executive committee then chosen
will consider the advisability Of the
spring exhibition
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
Nickel Clocks SIC
Warranted One Year

sc Rabbits Naptha Soap. Ivory
Soap, Star Soap, Brooke's Crystal
Soap, Gold Dust, so Clothes Pins,
large bottle Household Am 0Uoo
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
BRUCE CASE PROBE
STARTED TODAY BY
HEAD OF SCHOOLS
Attitude OF Colored Mem
bers Of The Board At
Variance. \

While Superintendent w. NJ. David
son today begsn an active Investigation
into the case of Roscoe c. Bruce, as
sistant superintendent of schools, two
Colored members OF the board issued
varying statements regarding their atti-
tude in the matter.
This issue Is now greater than the
retention or discharge of Mr.. Bruce
said r. r. Horner. 1T is the question
as to whether the colored members are
to be recognized as representatives Of
their race o. are y be regarded as mere
figure heads
Il have done my duty IN bringing
this matter to the attention Of the
board" said W. V. Tunnel, and II
DIR. Davidson sees fit to retain Mr..
Bruce, thu incident is closed, 50 far as
/ am concerned"
The exac. charges against Mr.. Bruce
have been formulated by air. Tunnel.
and copies today were placed in the
hands o. DR.. Davidson anu M. Bruce.
The position OF Mrs. Harris, the third
Colored member, is SAID TO be ids2 teal
with DIR. Tunnel, and she sided with
him in voting 20 give DR.. Davidson free
rein in the matter a: the secret confer
ence of board members on Tuesday
evening
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
Lost Boy Finds Home
By Wandering Process

Wisconsin avenue northwest, who was
missing for several hours yesterday, re-
turned home about o'clock last even
ing. The boy had been visiting relatives
In Rockville, and was put on the
o'clock car for Washington yesterday
morning.
By mistake he got off at Massachu-
sets avenue, and wandered around the
streets all day until he finally found his
way home. Mounted police Of the Sew
enth and Tenth precincts had been
searching for the boy all afternoon.
The Washington times., 1911-09-21

washington challenges comparison
with any school system l know any
thing about.
You have the most whole-hearted
set of teachers any superintendent
would want to deal with.
'"This citys schools are a magnificent
monument to the genius and love OF
Alexander T. Stuart
These are a few OF the Impressions
CLEANED by Dr. w. NJ. Davidson after
a fifty days investigation of school
conditions in the Capital. They were
given before nearly 1000 teachers yes
terday afternoon in the assembly hall
at Cen raj High School.
Declaring he had been informed
from sources he now knew TO be III
advised that the Washington schools
ntendent, in his vigorous Western
fashion, declared that WASHINGTON
schools challenged comparison with
those of any city in this country. The
statement was greeted with applause
that brohe all bounds of school teacher
rrorriety and made the historic old hall
riberate with clapping, stamping
and even cries for full two minutes.
Couldn't Fail to Succeed.
COuiCI ldl " SOON
here" shouted DR.. Davidson above the
lin, and pointing to Mr.. Stuart who
sat on the platform, with such a man
as that at your head and with such a
whole-souled, clear-headed and warm
hearted corps of teachers as l have
found here. l am not handing you
boquetS.
Il am giving you your dues. When
] first went through the schools here
t. Nit n n l.
lam Powell, l was astonished and deep
y impressed by the Companionship
shown between the forty or forty-tive
children in each room and their teacher
II was a relation that struck me as
being ideal And now ] find that the
relation has been kept up and fostered
until you have a system where there
can be but little wrong because of the
high ideals you cherish
DR.. Davidson again was interrupted
when he paused to pay an extended
tribute to Mr. Stuart. Stating that the
former superintendent had worked early
and late to assist him in becoming &C
quainted with his new position, he con-
tinued:
His is the genius which you must
largely thank for making out of these
schools the type of institutions they
are. 1t is given to few men to be so
beloved by children and teachers alike
and to have that love spread to parents
and all who have in any way been af-
filiated with the schools"
Refers to Complaints.
The Washington times., 1911-09-21
Boy Breaks An Ankle.

BY falling at Fourteenth and B streets
southwest, early this morning, William
P. Riley. of 6O41a Park road northwest.
fractured his left ankle. He was taken
to the Emergency Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

OF the sign. with statistics as to it's di-
mensions, number of lights. etc.
AS advertising space Broadway is
unique among the streets of this coun-
try. The point where it crosses 42d
street has been well called tho centre
Of the world, FOR, like the Champs
Elysees, in Paris. If YOU stand there long
enough you will see carly everybody
you know.
Between two and three hundred
thousand people, according to police rec
ords, pass through the Great White Way
every day. and thousands Of these. in
the course Of tho season. are buyers, at
least ten thousand representing the
mems wear trades alone. These buyers
represent stores having an enormous
distributing capacity. and they canno.
fail to note the sign that is of interest
to their trade.
"The signs meant 10 interest the deal
ers are. for the most part, confined to
the section between 34th street and I'D
street, for within that space of less than
two miles are situated most of the the
atres, restaurants and other places of
interest to the visitor
Advertisers to-day are paying about
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Electric Sign in Municipal Development

vertisements in different cities Of the
country.
There has been some criticism by
certain Improvement societies OF some
Of the electric signs, and the advertisers
have shown great willingness to CO.
operate within reason in the aims OF
these societies, removing the objection
able features of their signs wherever
possible.
"It has been suggested that the out
door signs at 34th. 42d and 72d street
should be OF different types; those at
34th, for instance, in Colonial style;
those at 42d taking Indian themes, and
those at 72d after the Dutch type. AS
yet nothing definite has been done along
these lines Some of the signs are Of
heroic size. carrying an average of over
three thousand lights each and main
tained at an average cost of about 81 800
per month"
AS a matter of fact. there are more
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Great White Wav One of New Yorks Attractions

/ kindly placed their remarkable coiiec-
ton OF photographs at the disposal OF
tn, writer. IT might be added that the
New York Edison Company is RESPONSE
bic for the lighting Of these signs, ana
the excellent way I'm which the various
effects are produced speaks volumes for
the perfection and reliability OF their
system.
"Of the lnnumerable other signs
which may be seen along New forKs >
famous thoroughfare 1t is impossible to
to speak in detail here, though many OF
them are quite as interesting and In
genious."
Broadway Electric Signs as National
Advertisements.
Another well-known magazine goes
still further, as follows:
Electric advertising is coming into its
own more and more every day. the lat
est development along this line being the
acceptance by big advertisers Of the idea
that a Broadway sign is national ad-
vertisement
Taking the stand that the Broadway
electric signs, excepting those advertis-
! ing whiskey. are TO attract the atten-
ton Of the dealers or the country, and
not the public, Kirkie s. Pickett in the
June I issue Of Printers Ink" states
that a sign shining down upon Broadway
can advertise goods in every section Of
the country.
Travelling salesmen for the Nonotuck
silk Company. which operates the ia
nous Corticelli kitten sign at 42d street
and Broadway, report numerous In
stances of the influence Of the sign on
their customers.
Those who had not seen the sign had
| heard Of it. ard were almost sure TO
mention il upon hearing the companys
name. so affording a pleasant opening
| topic for tho salesman.
"a photograph Of the sign was repro
/ duced IN colors on postcard and mailed
/ to n list Of dressmakers and dealers
| The face Of the card bore a description
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

Of the most natural
The sign advertising "rrimble Whs-
key was one Of the signs OF Times
square for many months. though at
present it is temporarily removed. The
sign was ffty-scven feet high and forty
nine feet wide. The diameter OF the
glasses was six feet. and the distance
across the hands from cuff to cuff thirty
four feet. Nearly three thousand globes
Of many colors werc employed There
were two flashes. First, 'Trimble Whis-
key for Good Cheer, showing tho hands
lowered, second, How showing the
glasses ciinking.
Another very pretty sign. and one
which attracted more than an ordinary
amount Of attention, was to be seen in
Times Square during the annual visit
Of Barnum & Bailey's circus. The de-
siga consisted Of a spirited circus horse,
bclring on his back very charming
ana dainty queen OF the ring This
was one Of the first designs to include
the movement Of a galloping horse.
Many colors were used in this sign. and
the globes numbered over two thousand.
So popular was this sign that it is gem
orally TO he seen on Broadway when
the circus comes to town.
AT Broadway and 10th street. on
the roof Of the Cafe Madrid, is a pop
ular sign advertising 'Haig & Haig
Whiskey.' The total height of the sign
is fifty feet, the width being four feet
greater. The height OF the horses head
IS sixteen feet, and the length OF the
animal from ear to tail is ffty-four feet
The horseman's sabre is fourteen feet
long. This sign is steady. with the ex-
ceptior of the banner outline. and the
lettering contained in it, which are in
continuous motion, as it were, giving
the effect OF the banner being famed bv
the breeze. Twelve hundred and ffty-
four lamps-red. white. gold and green
were used in constructing the sign.
The twelve costly and elaborate ad-
vertiscments described i'm this article
were designed and carried out by the
| o. j. GUIDE Company. of New York, who
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

mated advertisements than could be
found in any other six great cities Of
the world. To compute the value Of
these signs is dollars and cents would
he extremely difficult as in the ma
iority Of cases they arc short-lived,
big advertisers finding IT necessary in
order 10 keep the attention Of New
Works wearied eve. 10 change the de-
signs or these electric advertisements
everv few months. In other words the
,oneer am electric sign remains up. ex-
cept ~ few rare cases. the less val
liable does II become as an attraction.
Something new Is the continual cry Of
the American public, and something
new in electric signs. as in everything
else. they are constantly being given:
and as each succeeding design must go
one better than the last, it can readily
he understood how startling are some Of
.hs very latest electric light advertise
-nents.
Many Signs Artistic as Well as Useful
Let us take a stroll along New Yorks
Great White Way and view some Of
the more remarkable signs between the
Fuller Building and. say. 5Oth street.
.eBroadway's latest and, in some re-
spects. most effective electric sign Is
the one erected to the order Of the pro-
r-ietors Of the weT-known table water,
White Rock This is another case of
q sign which. while it is as impressive
an advertisement as can be evolved, yet
IS equally artistic and pleasing. The ac-
tion is that Of the two great streams Of
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

From the Louis ouinze fountain OF
Versailles. over Times Square TO the gal
looping horses in the Ben-Hur chariot
race that nightly is run above the Hotel
Normandie, what is the Great White
Way?
II is admittedly unique. Yet that has
ceased 10 be enough Of definition No
other city in the world has so great a
quantity of light centred within so small
ar area Is it for better or for worse
IN the cause Of helping the city's ad-
vance? 10 the myriad electric signs
which every evening spring into life to
change and glow, appear and disappear,
add or detract from New York as a
whole?
In late issue Of the Strand" mag
szine is found an article by Francis Ar
thur Jones which bears rather strikingly
on the subject in hand
To a foreigner visiting New York for
the first time nothing appears more won
derful than the innumerable electric
light signs alons Broadway between
2sfh and 54th streets. The mile and
p quarter of thoroughfare contains d
greater number Of mechanical illum-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

Naphtha 49, Burns-Explodes, accompa-
med by vivid reproduction of an ex-
plosion. The second shows the full sign
with the lettering, 'Carbona Cannot
Burn-Explode-Clea Wearing APP
parel' and. to convey strongly the idea
that Carbona is incombustible, there is
shown also hand holding "A lighted
match over an uncorked bottle Of Car
bona. The third fash is the same as
the first, except that. instead of 'Naph-
tina the word 'Benzine' is flashed.
AN excellent and ingenious glove
sign is sern at Broadway and 49th
street A series of flashes in this
sign shows the woman holding glove
in her right hand at arms length and
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

seventy seven globes Of white, red and
blue were used in the making Of this
sign
The sign which holds the record for
popular favor along Broadway and
which has been for the longest time in
one position is that which sdvertises
.Heatherblcom Skirts This sign shows
voms lady in the rain. an umbrella
held over her and her skirts being blown
about by tho wind. II is not only tle
prettiest sign along Broadway but one
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

filing up as the bottle apparently
empties When the glass is full the bot
tie and glass are extinguished and then
switched on again, Yhereupon the cf-
feet is repeated. The sign is not on
Broadway but on the shores of the
North River, and passengers on the
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

Of the elaborate electrical displays in
Now York than in any other city, and
probably moro than in all the other cit
les in the country combined Europe
has almost nothing whatever 10 say on
the subject There are a few Of the
smaller displays in Paris and Berlin. one
or two in London but none of these pre-
sent the riot Of the ina gnation and
light that characterizes Broadway. Gu
riousiy enough, the only sign abroad that
compares in any way with tho nightly
hest that glitter around Times Square
was made In this country by the o. J..
GUIDE Company and shipped 10 London,
where it caused a veritable sensation.
This is the sign Of the tower Of John
Dewar e Sons distilery, and represents
an enormous Scotchman. more than one
hundred feet tall. psrtaking of a glass
of his favorite beverage.
rom another point OF view, generally
overlooked these signs arc really re-
markable, and that is as examples Of
constructive ingenuity. For instance,
the larger electric displays involve from
one to six thousand globes The frame
work itself is probably a hundred feet
or more by some fifty feet in size. To
produce sign of this size, properly
based. is pretty problem in engineer
ING, involving knowledge Of steel con-
struction as well ae Of electricity.
Some signs are done in a color scheme
involving rcd, green. white, purple, or
ange and gold, and embody more than
four thousand bulbs. The magnitude
and scope OF this type OF engineering
work become impressive when it is re-
membered that even the subject Of color
in electric signs is not by any means a
simple one.
Thus, in yelows and opal tints only
comparatively small percentage of
light is lost in comparison with clear
bulb. Next come amber pink and or
ange, while with ruby and green the loss
reaches 80 per cent and with blue and
purple the figure is % per cent The
absorption is proportional with the heat
ing effect, SO that a high absorption fac
tor means a shorter life for the lamp.
More than this, some colors carry much
further than others, and as an important
part Of the advertising value OF the sign
is the distance from which 1t can be
seen, these factors enter to prevent color
selection on purely aesthetic grounds
In this day and generation one can
hardly think of Broadway apart from a
blaze Of many colored lights. 1t has
won for itself a unique place in the de-
velopment of the city. Aside from the
commercial standpoint of utility in en-
largng the business interests of New
York, it figures very prominently among
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

putting IL on her left hand. The move
ments are realistically carried out ana
the sign has been much admired by the
wonenfolk. It might be mentioned that
the lady's hand and arm are thirty-eight
feet in length. while the glove itself Is
b,t four feet less. Sixteen hundred and