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The Washington times., 1911-03-19
RELATIVE VALUE OF PROP.
ERTY AND HUMAN LIFE.

The curtailment of the Districts ac,
tivities in contagious disease service
gives us another close range view OF
the attitude of the average lawmaker
toward legislation for the protection
of human life.
When the chaos attending the pass
age of the District appropriation bill
had subsided and permitted an oppor-
tunity for investigation as to how the
District had Jared at the hands OF
Congress in the short session an in
crease of $4,000 was discovered in the
fund with which the District Health
Officer combats contagious disease in
the National Capital. None of it, how
ever, is available until July !, and, as
a result. Health Officer Woodward has
had to dispense with the services of
two inspectors and reduce the salaries
of two others. The $4,000 approPri-
ated last year for the current fiscal
period is insufficient TO pay for the
work that should be done.
From now until July the people
of the District of Columbia will not
enjoy the fullest possible protection
from contagious disease. They will
have to take chances.
A few years ago an epidemic of
foot and mouth disease broke out
among American cattle. The Depart
ment of Agriculture put 300 men into
the field and spent S5OOOOO to trace
the disease to its source Within six
weeks the epidemic had been stamped
out
When yellow fever became epidemic
in New Orleans the Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service was able to
put fifteen men into the field. It's fund
available for yellow fever work
to the whole of 81 jOO-and
was quickly exhausted
The Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service merely protects human
lie. ne department OF agriculture
protects property. Congress votes
millions for the work Of the one where
it grudgingly gives thousands for the
work of the other.
Before we can justly claim title to
the enlightenment of which we boast
and which we proudly declare makes
US the greatest nation on earth-we
will have to strike fairer balance be- |
tween our concern for humanity and
our concern for property. A good place
o begin is in the District of Columbia,
which is supposed to offer a model of
administration to the
.ountry and to the world.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
THE GROWING FAVOR OF MILL
TARY AEROPLANES. ..

Further experiments here and on the
Mexican border with the aeroplane as
an adjunct of our military establish
ment lend a special interest to the
army order which Great Britain's war
department has just issued, describing
the peace organization of the air bat
TALON of the Royal Engineers. To
this battalion will be intrusted the
duty of creating a body of expert air
men so organized as to form units
ready to take the field with troops,
and capable of expansion by any for
nation of reserves which may be de
vised in future. The battalion will
have in charge the training and in
struction of men in the handling of
kites, balloons, acroplanes, and other
types of air craft The battalion will
be organized into headquarters, and
into two companies The establish
ment will consist of fourteen officers
and lie warrant and non on-commissioned
officers and men. The officers will be
chosen from the applicants in any reg
ular branch Of the service. The new
which will come into
existence on April !. will take the
place of the existing balloon school
and indicates the Importance which
Great Britain now attaches to this
branch of the service All OF which
is but an additional reason why the
present efforts of the army in this
country to keep abreast OF the nations
of the world in developing military
acronautics should be zealOusly sus
tanned
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
AN INVESTMENT THAT
YIELDS 400 PER CENT.

If somebody should come into Wash
ington, open offices, and advertise a
sale of stock in a company guaranteed
TO pay 400 per cent annually to in
vcstors. how much difficulty would he
experience in getting subscriptions up
to $250,OOO?
If he actually could prove beyond a
shadow of question that the 400 per
cent dividends would be forthcoming,
how long would he have to wait for
the public to buy quarter of mil
lion dollars of stock?
The public would snap it up in short
order, wouldn't it?
This is exactly the sort of offer
that is to be made to the people of
Washington on Monday, March 81. In
stead of being mine, oil, railroad, or
industrial corporation, however, the
concern in which they will be given an
opportunity to take shares is a con-
vention hall In this particular in
stance. it is much safer, surer, and
more profitable investment than could
be offered by the promoter of any
private enterprise.
The Districts investment in the
George Washington Memorial Conven-
ton Hall is to be S250,000. The
structure is to cost $2,5O0,OO0, and the
difference between $25O,OOO and $780,
900 is to be supplied by the National
Memorial Association. The cOnven-
tions committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce, which is going to raise the
quarter of million here, has made
careful estimate of the amount of
money that will be brought to the city
by delegates and visitors to national
and international conventions that can
not meet here now because we have no
quarters in which TO accommodate
them. The minimum is placed at SlO,-
100000 a year.
This is where Washington will get
its 4OO per cent proht. by investing
S25OOOO in a convention hall it will
increase by $lO,OOO,OOO the total cash
put into circulation in the District of
Columbia annually.
The chairman of the conventions |
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce has a big pile of letters from
officers of a dozen or more of the
largest national and international or
Each contains a para
graph something like this:
We've been wanting to come to Wash |
ington for wears, but we have had to |
meet elsewhere because you have no |
hall big enough to accomrto- |
date us. Build an auditorium and veal |
be with yoG.
Washington is the logical convention
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
FRENCH FLEET OFF
ANNAPOLIS HARBOR
Exchange of National Sa-
lutes This Afternoon, Ball
Tomorrow Night.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 1s-Ths
French fleet, under Rear Admiral Du
Faure Lajarte. which has been due at
the Naval Academy since Friday, ar
rived off Annapolis harbOr at 9:45 this
morning, and was greeted with a salute
of thirteen guns from the Naval Acad-
emy battery.
This is as far as the ceremonies have
gone as yet, though Lieut.. Com. D. w.
Wurtzbaugh, aide to the superinten-
dent of the Naval Academy, will make
boarding CALI this afternoon, and
arrange for IN exchange of visits be-
tween Admiral Lajarte and Superinten-
dent Bowyer. The length of the stay
of the visiting ships is uncertain, but it
will probably be at least a week
This afternoon there will be an ex-
change of the national salutes of twen-
ty-one guns, and the French vessels will
salute Captain Bowyer with seven guns,
1t is possible that the exchange of visits
will not take place until tomorrow.
evening, the officers of the
Academy will entertain the visiting Of
ficers at ball and reception, and there
will be other social events during the
week.
The cruisers La Glolre and Admiral
Aube have arrived, but. owing to the
fog, it is not certain whether or not the
Vonde has accompanied the others.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
BOATING FOR TAFT'S
OLD BEVERLY HOME
Cottage at Burgess Point to
Be Ferried Across Bay
to New Site.

BEVERLY. Mass, March l9.-The big
shore cottage on Burgess Point, occu-
pied for the past two summers by Presi-
dent Taft and his family, is to be cut
up into sections and ferried across
Salem Bay on pontoons to Marblehead,
three and half miles distant, where
it will be put together again on a lot,
adjoining the Crowinshield estate.
Mrs. r. d. Evans, owner of the house,
recently purchased the Marblehead land
and after the building now known as
the Summer White House has been
moved, she will convert its present site
into an Italian garden.
The Presidential cottage is on the
Evans estate and adJoins Mrs. Evans
residence. Since the death of Mr..
Evans, nearly two years ago. Mrs.
Evans has been contemplate ting the
establishment of an Italian garden on
the estate and in furtherance of this
project II was necessary to move the
Presidential cottage. On this account
Mrs. Evans last summer declined to rc-
new the lease Of the property to Presi-
dent Taft.
When the Presidents family arrives
next summer 1t will occupy Paramatta,
the splendid mansion owned by the
estate of the late Henry W. Peabody,
top of high hill overlooking the ocean,
hut about a mile back from the SHIRE.
Although the President would have pre-
ferred a. summer home direftly on the
shore, he will find some consolation in
the fact that Paramatta is nearly a
mile nearer the Myopia Country Club.
where he INDUCES in his favorite game
of golf
The Washington times., 1911-03-19

this in anv criticism of the department
store. or its methods, for it is the girl
who lives at home, and wants TO earn
pin money who reduces wages to this
scale. Then, there are other girls in
Washington department stores working
at g or 81 per week, and this is an
average low wage. Some of these girls
live at home. Others come from the
country unskilled to make their begin
ming
II is the welfare of this girl that Mrs.
Mccormick has nearest at heart. And
II is this girl-this forlorn, discouraged,
lonesome little girl from the country
who will be able 10 go to Mrs. McCor-
miCk's lodging house, occupy one Of its
sunny rooms done in the delicate coloTs
a girls heart loves best, and obtain
three wholesome meals each day-aIl for
the sum Of S2.25, or Whereabouts, per
week
Two dollars per week, if you please,
and a cunning room, a breakfast, &
lunch. and a dinner into the bargain.
Two dollars per week. and sunshine.
beauty. and companiOnshIp, with a lit
tie garden growing near!
So much Mrs. Mccormick plans TO do
for the unskilled girl beginner.
Place for Girls
Who Want to Save.
But all girls can't be beginners, for
they will grow up, and get rich and ex-
perienced after a while. And the girl
of munificent salary, the girl who
makes a whole ten or twelve dollars a
week, and wants to save some money,
The Washington times., 1911-03-19

to his last and theatrical managers
should leave the drop curtains to the
instructive precision of the artist The
poet hath it that friendship is Love
without his WINGS" while the capacity
to fly away has been immemorially
regarded as at once the blessing and
the curse of Love. The larger the
wings the more true to nature, if a
heather symbol of the grand passion
may be regarded as natural. Without
his quiver the dimpled deity may be
a gunless duck hunter. Without his
wings he is the defenseless captive of
his own wiles.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Falls Church Raises
Reward for Bandits

In an effort to apprehend and arrest
the men who robbed Christopher c.
Walters, postmaster of West Falls
Church. Va, last Saturday night, the
Falls Church authorities have increased
the reward for the arrest of the guilty
parties to 500.
The description of the men. as set
forth in the circular distributed by the
Virginia police is as follows:
White man about five feet. nine
inches in height, weight about 1GO
pounds, wearing short, light gray coat
and cap. Smooth face, looked to be
about twenty-Ihree Years of age, Blood
stain in lower right-hand corner Of over
coat.
THE other man, also white, about
five feet five inches in height, weight
about 100 pounds, wore striped pants
and brown fedora hat, telescoped. Black
hair, cut very close"
1t Is explained in the circular that the
men took 800 away from the postmas-
ter, and in addition an open-face nickel
watch, with an impression of a trolley
car on the back.
Mr.. Walters is still suffering from the
effects of the blow which he received
on the head.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
HOW LARGE SHOULD BE THE
WINGS OF LOVE?

What do the Washington experts in
love and art regard as a standard size
for the wings of Dan Cupid? The
question has come up for judicial de-
termination in Kansas, but who would
accept the artistic Judgment of a State
which regards the sunfower as a type
of the esthetic! A theatrical manager
in the Kansas division of Kansas CITY
wanted a drop curtain whose flesh tints
would keep the audience from growing
jaded between acts. He was willing
TO pay for it at the union scale for
good journeyman work, which would
bring the cost per square yard to
something between a good quality of
figured linoleum and the cyclorama of
Gettysburg. A namesake of the great
Lawrence, with good muscular de-
velopment and a certain feeling for his
craft, took the contract for $3O5. The
theatrical manager, being cynical
person, took a critical survey of the
completed work and exclaimed in
horror at the size of Cupid's wings. He
had deep, dark doubt as to whether
anything in human form might ever
be properly represented as having
wings of any kind, and he was posi-
lively convinced in this instance that
Dan could not get his quiver on over
his air fins. "Witbout a ouiypro he
said, dropping into the easy vernacular
usually associated with the Susque-
hanna flats, "a Cupid would be as in
effective as a duck hunter without a
gun"
The court failed to find that there
was an accepted standard for the size
of Cupid's wings, and awarded the
artist about two-thirds of his claim
The whole incident simply shows, how
ever, that the shoemaker should stick
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Secretary Meyer Is
Expected Tomorrow

Secretary of the Navy Meyer will re-
turn to his office tomorrow morning,
taking up the duties that have been
discharged during his weeks absence
by Acting Secretary Beekman Win
throp, the Assistant Secretary. Mr.
Winthrop left last night for a weeks
hunting on the plantation of his broth
er, near Duryea, S. c.
A review of the case of Capt. Austin
NJ. Knight, tried by court-martial on
charges of neglect in allowing the mon
itor Puritan to sink in Hampton Roads,
subsequent to ordnance tests, will be
made by Secretary Meyer, it is expect
ed, in the early part of the week.
The case is now in the hands of
Judge Advocate General Robert r.
Russell, of the Navy Department The
findings of the court, which sat at Nor
folk Navy Yard, have not been made
public, but there have been persistent
rumors that Captain knight had been
acquitted of the charges against him.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
CONTROLLING THE COLD
STORAGE VAULTS.

1T took me long time" said the
drummer at the Club breakfast
table. "to figure out why it was that
two eggs fried could be bought cheap
er than two eggs poached.'
The secret is that there is some pc
culiaritv Of the egg cooked in water
that requires it to he fresh to be
cooked. whereas in the case OF the
fried article the culinary result does
not depend on the virtue Of the prod
uct. The canny restaurant keeper,
therefore. calculates that the added
cost of grease and cookery in the fry
ing process is not nearly so expensive
as the higher cost of the real as OPP
posed to the commercial product Of
the cold storage.
This is merely one OF the incidents
of the spread of the cold storage
rage" Devised as an economic meas
ure. the practice OF keeping foodstuffs
for long periods expanded until it be
came positive waste, with high prices
in it's train. SO far from keeping
markets stable by conserving the sur
plus supply, the cold-storage eXPedi-
ent gradually developed until it con
trolled the supply, made arbitrary
prices. and restricted markets. AS
result vast quantities of wholesome
foods have been kept from consumption
until at length they have become
worthless and been destroyed. The
game was "overplayed." Only few
weeks ago there was a panic among
the storage plants. resulting in the
flooding of the markets with an in
djgestible mass of stuff unfit for use.
It is encouraging to see that the
cold storage business is being taken
in hand by several States which are
sensible methods of regu-
lation. Indiana has passed a statute
under the provisions of which definite
limits are placed on the term for which
products may be stored at all, and ad-
iitional rules provide for publicity of
the cold storage conditions of foods
offered to the public. Further regula-
lion consists in the establishment of
system of strict supervision and fire.
luent inspection. In New York and
New Jersey it is significant that the
Legislatures are considering practically
IDENTICAL bills to this general effect.
The history of the cold-storage idea
illustrates how easily what is a mani
est blessing in the beginning may be-
.ome a potential curse in practice. The
,eeping of food products, properly
controlled. is a boon; without regula-
ion it has proved in many ways to- be
oppressive and deceptive. 1t is with
n the spirit of the times that every
uch development of modern practice
hould no sooner be discovered than it
inds an intelligent cure in broad legis-
alton to meet the evil.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Cans Used Over.

Consul General Robert P. Skinner, of
Hamburg. reports that used cans are
Systematically collected in Germany
from restaurants and hotels, while
other cans are collected from fish
canning establishments and from fruit
packers, which are imperfect, and these
reach various concerns where the tin is
recovered and sold. II the cans are not
too rusty, the recovered tin amounts 10
1 per cent of their total weight. The
iron Is disposed Of as old scrap.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19

To the work of the wOman's welfare
department of the Civic Federation, Mrs.
Mccormick has brought the interest of
the most representative women of every
State in the Union. the organization
now numbering thousands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick have spent
the past season at 1870 y street north
west. During much of her stay in
Washington Mrs. Mccormick has been
ergrossed with plans for the lodging
house for girls, which she is now pre-
pairing to have opened about April I.
On that date thirty-three of the several
hundred girls on her list are to take up
their residence al the Cruger houses
in X street. The enterprise is just lit
tie personal venture of Mrs. McCor-
miCk's, but ii will make life a radiant
and wonderful adventure for her girls.
For in a big city like this the heart OF
a girl is often lonely and sick for home,
too, if she is from the country.
am country girl, and 1 know.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Will Not Wear Caps and
Gowns at Smith College

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, March 10
After an extended discussion and con-
ferences with President Burton, the
seniors of Smith College have decided
that they will not wear caps and gowns
at commencement.
This action revokes the vote of a pre-
vious class meeting, at which it was
agreed by a small majority to ask per-
mission to wear the caps and gowns.
President Burton refused to consider
the matter at that time since he felt
that the meeting was not representa-
tive class meeting.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Here's Three-Thousand-
Dollar Job for Somebody

One of the highest paid pOsitions in
the Government service to be filled by
competitive examination is now va
cant. that of assistant director. office
of public roads. in the Department
of Agriculture. 1t carries a salary OF
$4,000 a year and all examination of
candidates will be held April %. An
examination for bookkeepers in the
Reclamation Service. at $1,000 to
$500. will be held April &c and %.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
R. Hudson, Would-be
Suicide, Quits Hospital

After two weeks in Emergency Hos
pital, whittier he was taken following
his unsuccessful attempt at suicide,
Ralph Hudson, whose real name is
supposed to be Ralph Bonafield, has
been released and supposedly has re-
turned TO his home in Arlington, Md.
Hudson tried to shoot himself to death
in the Metropolitan Hotel two weeks
ago
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Little Persian Scarlet
Fever Patient Improves

Little Self Din Kahn, cousin of
the Persian charge d'affaires, continues
to improve. In the scarlet fever ward
of Garfield Hospital he was cheerfulIy
hopeful this morning, and his attend
ants declared that it was only a matter
OF days before the twelve-year-old pa
tient could leave the hospital.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Y, M. G. A. Meetings.

The Rev. Paul Hickok, of the Met
ropoIitan Presbyterian Church, will
deliver the third of his lectures on
How a Young Man May Express His
Religion in His Social Life" at the
Y. NJ. C. A afternoon meeting in the
association building on G street at 4
o'clock today. DR.. Maurice +. Miller
will conduct his general problem
class at 5, and at s ca Strangers Tea
will be served.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19

The net total circulation Of The Washington
Tines daily during the month Of February
was l.U11,6S9. all copies left over and
tcrned being eliminated. This number when
divided by "A, the number of days of publi-
cation, shows the net daily average for Feb
ruary 10 h9ye been A, 9O2.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19

Local society should see to it that no
candidate for admission to the inner
circle shows symptoms Of writing a
hook about what goes on inside
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Sunday.

The number Of complete and perfect copies
Of The Washington Times printed Sundays
DURING the month Of February was as follows:
February .....46 l76I Feurbray 19.......i6,42i
Fcoruary l2......47.IDl February 26........4S 2O9
Total for month OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1870
Sunday average for month..............46S 46 S77
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Society Leader Remodeling
Two Historic Houses in
Northwest.
no RULES EXCEPT
THOSE GIRLS MAKE
Expects Department Store Owners
Will Note Profits and Want
to Invest.

governing. And after the enterprise is
established. il they desire to take entire
charge, and own the equipment of the
place and really Incorporate as a CluD.
/ shall be only too glad to aid the &C
complishment of their project in any
way that can.
You see. believe my lodging house
will be so successful. that many OF the
employers of girls in Washington will
be quite willing, within few years
time, to invest a few thousand dollars
in similar clubs. When | have cleared
~ per cent on my investment they will
see just how IL can be done
When / have finished redecOrating.
furnishing, and eauipping the houses,
shall have printed an itemized account
of my expenditures, so that each girl
may learn for herself lust how [ have
done it. The books will be open to in
spection by the girls every month"
Well Known
Women Assisting.
committee of weIl-knOwn Washing
ton women, appointed by Mrs. McCor-
mick, will look after the success and
happiness of the enterprise during Mrs.
McCormick's absence from Washington.
They are Miss Maud Wetmore, Mrs. s.
+. Emmons, and Mrs. Grenell
Mrs. Mccormick is a society woman
who has broken the tradition of idlsnes5
and Vacuity which clings TO her class
As a mere girl, she interested herself
actively in the welfare of the employees
Of her father, the late Senator Hanna.
whose coal. steel, iron, and lumber in
terests afforded = wide scope for he-
social and philanterOpic reforms. Ths
problems of the working man and work
ing woman, she not only felt deeply.
after the emotional wav Of most women.
She studied these problems intelliSentiy
and thong ehtfully, her aim being to con-
tribute to their solution by the most
social methods of the day.
Four years ago, or more, she organ
lied, to cooperate with the National
Civic Federation, a womanS welfare
department. of which she was president
until Mrs. John HAYS Hammond con-
sented to relieve her of the office few
The Washington times., 1911-03-19

The Corcoran Art Gallery is a little
shy on Turner sunsets, but it might in
duce Capt. Graham johnson to donate
one of his crimson neckties.
The Washington times., 1911-03-19
Vacations over.
Back to the White House.
All the fans will know Phoenix.

Roosevelt opened the largest dam in
the world yesterday, but Uncle Joe still
holds the palm for the most emphatic
one.