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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-24
Here's a Book
STORIES OF USEFUL INVENTIONS.
By S. e. Forman. published by the
Century Company, New, York;

DR.. Samuel E. Forman, known to
Washington through his residence here
as well as through his books, has writ
ten another delightful history. His
"Stories of Useful Inventions" just
published by the Century Company,
contains sixteen chapters which are as
fascinating as SO many tales of ro-
nance. and at the same time so in
structive that they might well be a
part of our school curriculum. Told
as they are in fluent simplicity and
clarity of style. these stories will prove
to have a charm for boy or girl student
quite as potent as any history of wars
and great generals. or politicians and
statesmen. To the youth with mechan-
zeal bent they will be an especial de-
the National Museum will find here q
stimulating and illuminating introduce
ton to the exhibit of Industrial arts.
But though written for Juveniles, the
"Stories of Useful Inventions deserve
by no means a limited audience. There
is no library which would not profitably
yield a corner to the history Of such
indispensable factors in modern exist
ence as the match, the stove, and the
lamp; the forge and the furnace: the
steam engine and the steamboat; the
pillow, the reaper, and the mill. the
loom, the house. the carriage, the boat.
the clock, the book. and the message
All this Is history of the human race,
and this remarkable little book is
compact and convenient work OF ref.
erence, most valuable as we'll as en-
joyable.
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Relief Society Plans
Roller Skating Parties

Five roller skating parties will be con-
Quoted by the District Auxiliary Of the
Navy Relief Society, according to a de-
cision reached at a meeting of the
auxiliary yesterday at the home of
Mrs. Frank +. Beatty, wife of the COM
mandant OF the Navy Yard. These par
ties will be held at the Arcade on sue
cessive Monday afternoons from 3 to
$50 o clock, beginning February %.
Attendance at the skating rink will
be limited to the subscription list. This
Will be largely the same as last year,
when the skating rink was conducted at
the yard. Persons on that list are
asked TO communicate with members OF
the skating rink or entertainment COM
mittees of the auxiliary. Those favored
with an invitation to subscribe will pay
SEQ for a season ticket.
A reception line will take stand at
each of the five parties. The special
skating rink committee includes Mrs.
Beatty, who is president OF the auxil-
larry, and the following other officers:
Mesdames Schroeder, William Biddle
and Reginald Belknap.
Mrs. Augustus Fechteler heads the en-
tertainment committee, the other men,
bers being these: Mesdames William
Carter Watts. Leigh Palmer, Leonard
Palmer. Russell Train, Thomas Worth
ington, John T. Myers, Spencer Wood,
Henry Discoe, W. s. Turpin, Victor
Blue. and John w. Timmons.
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COFFEE COOLERS ARE
SEEKING THE GLORY

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Regarding the services of the Spanish
American and civil war veterans.
The Confederates did not poison all
wells when they retreated, as the Chi
nese did in 1900. compelling US to make
the quart of canteen water last a days
march.
In Cuba our rifles carried 600 yards.
while the SpaniaId had the Mauser.
carrying 100 yards. thus forcing us to
be under their fire for 700 yards before
we could get into action. Did the old
vets have that experience?
In China we averaged forty-seven
miles q day for seven consecutive days
ana during the engagements we faced
ODDS or six to one, while out in the
open. as the attacking force against an
enemy outnumhering us back of strong
rortlhcations. No fighting Ell?
The English soldiers said China was
harder service than the Boer war.
III China was a good test, and whether
We acquitted ourselves with honor or
not in unfolding the glory of our coun-
Try and her flag, can be determined by
since 1900.
No, the coflee-coolers of the COS are
seeking the glory and benefits belonging
to those who actually fought in thoss
trying days and are fearful Justice
might be done to the boys who fought
from 1873 to 1892 in Cuba, China, and tho
oNE OF THE s.-A. VETS.
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WILL CONSIDER HEROIC LINE.

The transportation committee of the Board Of
Trade will meet this afternoon
1t is understood that at this meeting the service
given the public by the Sixteenth street herdic line
will be taken up and considered.
1t is earnestly hoped that this is true, and that
the consideration will result in some forceful and
concerted measure to redeem the District from this
blot upon its face.
The herdics in use chiefly notable from the
fact that they have not long ago gone to pieces like
the Deacons one horse shay. 1t seems to be the
special pride of the company" operating these
tediluvian rattletraps never to give them tint Of
paint touch of varnsh, or to tighten bolt. They
rumble along the finest thoroughfares of the city
with no regard to common decency in the matter of
appearance, while their schedule is the jerk-water
program, 1T goes when it pleases and comes when
Ii can"
The transportation committee Of the Board of
Trade is new subsection of that organization. 1t
has an opportunity to win its spurs. Let it do some
thing and earn the gratitude of the entire District.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1912.
THE REASON WHY.

In another column of this issue of The Times
appears an interview with Mr.. Munsey, reprinted
from the New York Times, in which he discusses the
political situation and the candidacy of Mr. Roose-
welt. Basing his arguments his interest in gen.
eral prosperity and national welfare Mr.. Mum
sey explains with marked frankness why he
believes in the expediency of naming this
year the strongest man in the party. 1t is a
viewpoint and conclusion unbiased by PARTISAN
ship or party affiliations. 1t is the logical result
of unprejudiced consideration of facts as they
are and not conditions politically Unanswered. If
Mr.. Taft certain of election if any other fit
man was certain of election, and Mr. Roosevelts
success was in doubt Mr.. Munsey believes that the
choice would under those conditions properly fall on
some other than the ex-President But according to
present conditions as a careful analysis shows them
to exist he believes that Mr. Roosevelt is the strong
est possibility and for that he is for him. 1t
is upon this same reasoning which, unfortunately, is
not being in all cases frankly expressed that the
Roosevelt candidacy has gained so wide support in
the face of Mr.. Roosevelt's personal silence.
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CRED|TABLE WORK
BY MUSICIANS IN
SYMPHONY CONCERT
Washington Orchestra
,Pleases an Audience at the
Columbia Theater.

In this country the popularity Of
musical artists or organizations IL an
parently predetermined by the remote
ness of their native countries. A French
or German virtuoso is a mild sensa-
ton, but one from Russia is far more
imposing Perhaps, ere long, some
Tibetan or Kaffir prodigy press agented
into our midst will be greeted with an
enthusiasm which will turn all former
IDOLS green with envy. Were Paderew-
SKI and Ysaye unfortunate enough to
De Washingtonians, all their genius
would not draw society" audience
NO one claims for the washington
symphony Orchestra that ITS work is
on par with that of older and better
financed organizations But II is not
100 much to say that the program OF
us third concert, yesterday afternoon
at the Columbia Theater, was siveu in
manner creditabie alike to conductor
and orchestra. Mr.. Hammer Is 10 be
congratulated for the results, which he
has achieved in spite of the apathy OF
most local musicians.
Tschaikowsky's Romeo and Juliet"
which opened the program, is an early
work of the great Russian master. In
form 1t is less like an overture than a
symphonic poem. Admirers of Tschai-
kowsky's works were deeply impressed
by the solemn earnestness pervading
the whole of this overture The
sepulchral croaking of the bassoons, the
tragic walls of the horns. the massive
chorales of brass and wood wind-above
all the mastery employment Of the
tympani in the final passages--vividly
suggested the composers later SYM
nhonies Barring a few slips. the or
chestra's Interpretation of this number
was most satisfactory.
''LArlesienne," No, Q, by Bizet a
suite Astounding in the barbaric color
Of the more famous Carmen" was
warmly applauded. In the deservedly
popular minuet the flute solo, played by
Mr.. Jaeger, was especially charming.
Mr.. Bart Wirtz, who is a Baltimorean.
played the Saint-Saens Concerto for
violoncello, opus 80. with delicacy Of
feeling well suited to the limited
emotional range of the composition. AS
an encore he played the Andante Can
table by Spiesto.
JULIA MURDOCH.
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would be called Sol, or Mid--the fathers OF it are
leaving it to the assembled godfathers to choose
between the two.
1t seems to be pretty generally agreed by his
torians that the Year Of Confusion provided for by
the earlier reform Of the calendar as sort Of dump.
ing ground for odd dates until the thing got to going
was mighty we'll named We get echoes Of it yet
But If the International Almanak Reform AS
socation has its way with its Sol (or MIDI, and its
Dies Non, and its thirteen months to the year, the
beginning of the new order of things will be con-
fusion worse COMPOUNDED A. D. 1915 will be any.
thing but year of grace.
Sosigenes should have done his work better or
have let it entirely to the enlightened generation
which has brought forth the International Almanak
Reform Association
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lula Murdock Says Hobrook Blinn
SofUes Difficult Problem In "7he Boss"

II might have known that a Kid born
In a back room, over saloon, and n
girl like you couldn't get along, and
had no business to get married." says
Holbrook Blinn, as Michael Regain. in
The Boss" which Is being played in
the Belasco Theater this week. Yet
three minutes later the curtain descends
upon Regan and his high-bred young
wife clasped in each others arms,
though 1t has taken four acts to bring
them to a realization Of the fact that
they loved each other.
Up from the gutter, through the grog
shops of the Fourth ward, to a posi-
ton Of political supremacy. Michael Re-
gan had fought his way in a city on
the shore Of one Of the Great Lakes, un-
til he had become 1.-THE Boss" not only
of his own little ward. in which he had
lived his youth and In which the scene
OF his early struggles had been laid,
but OF the entire city, controlling its
politics. Its shipping interests, its police
department. and its labor element.
There seemed to be absolutely nothing
his will until he met Emily Griswold,
the gently reared daughter of proud
family, the idol of a doting father and
worshiping brother. Regan's ambition
TedCHcu nltnertO UNKNOWN nelgnt8 wnen
he met Emily, and fate unconsciously
assisted him by placing the elder Girls
void in his power.
There was but one way out of the
difficulty that confronted Griswold, and
that was to yield to the. demands of
THE Boss" step which, II not taken,
would spell financial ruin for the two
Griswolds. The daughter, coming to the
rescue of the family pride and honor,
agrees to marry Regain II he will promise
TO spare her father and brother. Ono
thing she insists upon, however: Regain
shall look upon the marriage simply
as business arrangement, a stepping
stone, as it were, to a higher and more
l respected career; that Emily shsll DO, in
other words, wife in name only" to
borrow a phrase made popular by 4
well known author.
Rather an interesting situation, isn't
Regan, born gambler that ne IL. takes
the chance. He accepts the situation
with alacrity. for he In really very much
in love with tire young Daughter Of the
house: much more 30 than he realizes,
and iT the face of lukewarm opposition
from the brother and father, Emily bs-
comes Regans bride, the family honor
is raved, and the troubles Of the Regen
family begin.
Act 2 is Interesting. 1t shows Regain
and his wife established in their home
in the city on the Lake, hundreds Of
miles away from the port Of happiness,
however. Emily has succeeded somc-
what in making a silk purse out OF
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STRIKE AT
CAPITOL WORRIES
VERBOSE SOLONS
Stenographic Notes Pile Up
and Committee Mem
bers Fume.

unread stenographic notes are piling
up at the House end of the Capitol;
the stenographers' strike continues un-
abated. and the volunteer strike-break-
ers and the committee members are
perspiifng freely these days.
The Committee on Accounts recently
decreed-in the supposed interest Of
economy-that the price per folio for
reporting committee hearings should be
cut from rs to Is cents. The economical
feature of the arrangement is subject
20 argument at the Capitol today. Prac-
ucally every committee Is days behind
IN getting its hearings to the Govern
ment Printing Office. and one volunteer
stenographer Is said to be two weeks
behind In his work.
Committee reporting Ia difficult for
even the trained expert. When the
withdrawing stenographers were
called in the old-timers sat back and
awaited results. From all accounts
they came, and came hard.
Meanwhile the committee members
look glum. They also look unspeakable
things when their eyes fall upon the
which advertised as a saving the re-
duced price to be paid hereafter for
outside assistance for the regular COM
mlttee stenographers.
There are four salaried committee
stenographers who did not go on a
strike when the Accounts Committee
economical on stenographic help.
The overworked four. however. cannot
be everywhere at the same time.
Heretofore, at the 25-cent rate, the
most expert stenographers in Washing
ton have performed the work promptly
and well, but these experts are too
busy with. court work and other
branches OF fancy reporting to accept
l5 cents per folio. hence the less expe-
rienced volunteers.
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Regain, and has created something that
almost resembles a gentleman. He has
learned lear what to DO with his hands and
adopting tine expression Of a martyr be.
ing LED to execution. But there is no
happiness In the Regain hoifehoid, de-
spite the fact that the walls are
and there is an irreproa enable Enslisii
butler on the job. IL IL painfully APP
parent that Regain gets on his wife's
nerves. and when labor troubles
takes sides against Regain. the dove of
peace deserts the homo entirely.
There are numerous dramatic-almost
observation-disclosures in this act, which
love the mother of my kids with ali the
love of my soul and body, and II 1 can't
do that, why. don't want them-that's
The climax of the play comes in the
third act, where strikers surround the
Regan home, 1t having been suspected
that 1.-THE Boss" was the instigator of
murderous attack against Emily's
The strikers demand vengeance.
Bricks are thrown and windows are
smashed, but Regan, with the same
Irish determination that has made him
The Boss" stands at the window, re-
&C. ends with Regan being led to
prison by two deputy sheriffs. charged
with having been responsible for the
assault upon his rother-in-law.
There Ii nothing like the sight Of
prison bars to arouse a woman's SYM
pathy. Regan is shown in act In a
rather comfortable cell in the city jail,
and here his wife comes to visit him.
In one of the most dramatic passages
In the entire play Regan bids good-by
to his wife, telling her that the mar
riage had been q mistake from the be-
ginning. Overcome with conflicting
emotions, the wife relents, and just as
news comes that Regan Is at liberty,
and he and his wife agree to commence
life all over again.
IS Regain, MIR. Blinn is not only bril-
liant. but never before has he seemed
to act 80 well. He Is The very embodi-
ment of 1.-THE Boss' in gesture. accent,
and speech. Never for a single mo-
ment does he lapse from the character
OF the ignorant man, who, through
sheer power Of will, bends every man
With whom he comes In contact. Miss
Mn Jude Fealy. as Emily, is not entirely
adequate to her part IN some of the
big passages OF the play though she Is
q char ming and beautiful Mrs. Regain.
porlsv MCCOY, the pal" and, later,
the tool of the "The Boss" is role
that gives II. A. LaMDtte opportunity
for the display OF some clever charac-
ter acting. Felix Kremb is Donald, a
small part, which offers little In the
way Of opportunity, and as Gates, Re-
gan's butler. John Droughton Is ex-
cellent. JULIA MURDOCH.
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MENDING SOSIGENES' BOTCHERY.

The things which a man never intended to do
when he promised to do them we're, in the old par
lance postponed to the Greek Kalends-for the SIM
pie reason that the Greeks didn't reckon by Kalends
and hence the time never came.
But serious band of calendar thinkers, having
their seat and center in Westminster British Column
bia, wish to rectiy the ancient chronological menu
which Sosigenes prepared for Julius Caesar by pro-
vldng Dies Non at the end of every year and cou-
pie of them when the exigences OF Leap Year re-
quire it.
This is only part of the radical reform which
the International Almanak Reform Association would
make effective Easter Sunday, four years hence,
provided their approaching sanhedrim on Lake &C.
neva meets with the cooperation of the nations of
the civilized world. According to the way the re-
formers have figured it all out, it is only necessary
to ntercaate month of twenty-eight days between
the end of July and the beginning Of August, and
reduce all the other months to dead level of twen-
y-eight days, in order to have perfectly rational
and all the fixed festivals falling eternaly upon the
same day of the week.
The only bothersome thing about it is that the
year would then consist of only 364 days. in normal
times, and this final day, coming after the twenty
eighth and last of December and before January /,
would have to be simply connived at, so to speak
1t would be given up to mirth and revelry, presum-
ably on the theory that most people would really
wind up by being unconscious that it had ever come
and gone AS sort of aside it is suggested that
this Dies Non might be used for the celebration of
Christmas or New YeaH
The odd month to be ntercaated between that
named for Julius and that christened for Augustus
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-24
CALLS PUBLIC ATTENTION
TO SHORTCOMINGS
To the Editor of THE TIMES.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Considering that Chevy Chase Is a
common and public resort for skaters,
and that. judging by the weather, any
skating place ought to have been fit
for skating, on Tuesday Of last week.
why were not the people notified Of the
lake unsafe?
President Taft proposes. by way of
economy. to do away with the revenue
cutter service. among other things.
Rather hard on the young men who
nave spen! time and money in fitting
themselves for the severe examinations
necessary for entrance to the service,
and who had reason to think Themselves
settled in their chosen calling. The
only idea of economy that prevails
among the powers that be seems to be
to take away the means of living from
as many underlings as possible.
JOHN r SANDS.
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Army Officer DeviSes
Estate Worth $14,6O

An estate valued at $14,50O will be
distributed under the terms of the will
of Col. Charles J.. Hodges, U. S. A.,
which has been filed for probate, the
property consisting principally of cash
on deposit.
Carroll Il. Hodges, u. s. A., is given
his fathers watch and chain. ring,
swords, and army commissions, while
Miss Jessie Hodges. a daughter, is
given his medals. badges, and certifi-
Gates of membership in various So
cieties. Mrs. Anna L. Hodges, the
widow, receives the remaining estate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-24
LAYS DEATH OF WISE
TO CAR COMPANY

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
II the trolley car which caused WILL
lam Wise's death had been provided
with an oil signal lamp or other light
Independent of the lighting system Of
the car which is controlled by the troll
ley, this accident and killing would not
have occurred.
as Benin was concerned, but II was not
unavoidable so far as the Washington
Railway and Electric Company is con-
cerned. Their failure to properly equip
their cars was the direct cause of the
taking Of william Wise's life.
@. w. WEDDEEBURN.
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Knights of Columbus
Give Dance Tonight

An entertainment and dance will be
featured at the thirteenth anniversary
celebration of Carroll Council. No. 81.
Knights Of Columbus, at the Knights
Of Columbus Hall. Cos E street north
west, tonight.
William Kelly. Anna Bresnan, Thomas
Cantwell, Ruth Norris. Johanna GIoetz-
ner, Laura Norris, Mamie Fitzgerald,
and May E. Hoy will be heard in tn.
musical part Of the evenings enter
tainmept.
A large orchestra will play for tn,
dancing which will follow the enter
tainment.
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sympathy with the southerners. Take
q lesson from the beasts of the forest
and the birds Of the air, just like God
made them that they have not been
put asunder. They mingle together as
one family. You should listen at your
Maker appealing to smart men like you
to go among the heathens and teach
them. II you are a smart man, as you
Every man has a work to do. You can
take II from me. You can go in some
places In our city just below our Capt.
tol and see some Of your own race.
What do you think of them? Don't lei
the negro take so much Of your val
liable time; try to bring peace instead of
prejudice. WILLIAM n Hill
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DUMB ANIMALS FRIENDS
TO MEET MONDAY
To the Editor Of THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Tho, article In your issue of the 10th
inst, signed 1.-The Dumb Beasts Friend"
suggests that all real friends of the
dumb animals get together and go be-
fore Congress with our complaints, and
ask for more stringent laws regarding
their treatment, etc.
The Times. ever ready to help a good
nish room for such a meeting, on
Monday. January %. at s p. m. Now,
let all who love justice and mercy meet
and see what can be done.
H. II. BURWELL.
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NAVY.

NAVY.
Commander II. F. BRYAN, detached
command Prairie; to office naval in
telligence. Washington, d. c.
Commander A. II. SCALES, detached
command Hartford, January 26; to
command Prairie,
Lieutenant Ounior grade) ]. B. GOLD
MAN. to Naval Hospital, Washing
ton, d. c., for treatment.
Ensign c. II. MADDOX, detached Bal
ley, February 5; to- Harvard Univer-
sity for instruction in wireless teleg-
raphy.
Ensign J. W. puBosE. detached North
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TRY TO BRING PEACE
INSTEAD OF PREJUDICE

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In answer to an article in your spicy
paper January II signed Mr.. Thompson.
speaking on negro civilization. I am in