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The Washington times., 1912-09-14
Greatest Nerve
vitaIizer Known
A 5O-CENT BOX FREE
A Recent Discovery. Kellogg's Sanitone
Waters, the Most Effective Nerve
Strengthener for Men and Wo-
men Ever Found by Science.

This is the worlds newest. safest,
most reliable and effective nerve invig-
orator. revitalizer. brain awakener. body
strengthener. without equal in the
worlds history of medicine. 1t brings
about a change from that awful. dull.
weak. lazy. t-give-a-hang feeling to
brightness. strength. clear ar-headedness.
and courage which Is rema rkn BILE.
The Washington times., 1912-09-14
Chevy Chase Lake to
Have Final Dance Tonight

Chevy Chase Lake. one Of the favor
lite summer resorts of washingtonians
closes tonight. The final concert of the
Marine Pand viii be given and the
final Home, Sweet Home" waltz will
lie waited out OF the dancing pavilion
at II o'clock.
It Is expected that the attendance at
this farewell night" at the lake will
he record-breaking. The season has
been far more successful than any
previous one. for the resort mas never
achieved such widespread popularity.
The Washington times., 1912-09-14
Foreign Language
Dictionaries Enter Free

Free entry into the United States will
be given to all English-foreign Ian
guage dictionaries.
The tariff provides that all books
printed chiefly in any foreign language
Shall como into the country free.
A letter writer raised the point with
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Curtis that the two language lexicons,
as q matter of fact, contained a ma
iority OF English words, but the Secre-
tary refused to rule them out on this
ground. In his opinion II was the In
tent OF Congress that they should have
free entry.
The Washington times., 1912-09-14

as Solomon with a decision that a
hen was a bird, Mt least within the
purview Of the tariff.
1t makes a vast difference in the duty
paid, whether n FISH IL herring or a
sardine when 1t comes into the United
Sfniea.
The Washington times., 1912-09-14
Art Gallery Opening.

The Corcoran Gallery or Art will be
reopened to the public on week days
beginning next Monday. THIS an
nouncemCnt was made by Director Nc
CURE yesterday.
The Washington times., 1912-09-14
ALL WORKERS UNDER
CLASSIFIED RULES
SAFE FROM CUSTER
President Himself Cannot
Discharge Cook Under Sec
ton Six, Is Claim.

Drivers of carriages for the President,
the heads of executive departments. the
Secretary to the President, and other
officials entitled to the use Of car
riages. are securely intrenched under
the provisions of Rule IL Of tls>civil
service rules, and they cannot be dis
charged or dismissed by the President
or the Cabinet officer for whom they
are driving except for such cause as
will promote the efficiency Of the serv-
ice," and then only after being fur
nished with a copy of duly drawn
charges, and given opportunity to reply
to them.
This is another Of the quirks of the
civil service Of the Government result
ing from the action of the last Con-
gress in making a blanket provision for
the entire civil service In the postoffice
appropriation bill
No Cabinet officer, not even the Presi-
dent, can change drivers for any per-
sonal reason, or because of a desire to
put in one favored for the position.
Cooks Protected, Too.
Cooks and mechanics cannot be dis
charged from the service without they
are given the full measure of protection
under Rule u.
Carriage drivers can be appointed
without even the slightest reference to
the civil service rules, or the Civil Ser
vice Commission, but once employed
they cannot be lightly discharged; they
then are covered in under Rule IL.
Several department solicitors and other
legal officers OF the Government have
been set to work to find out, II pos
sible, Just how far Section 6 of the
postal appropriations bill, will change
the civil service rules. Heretofore Rule
u, applied only to positions in the COM
petitive service. Section s, of the pos.
tai bill, says all persons in the classified
civil service Of the United States, with
out any equivocation whatsoever.
Everybody Safe.
This would take in all persons in
excepted positions, and includes. aside
from drivers and cooks. all private
secretaries and confidential clerks, all
persons appointed by the President
without confirmation by the Senate,
attorneys, assistant attorneys, and
special assistant attorneys; Chinese
and Japanese interpreters; any per-
| son irregularly employed in the de-
partments, such as field investigators;
any person employed in a foreign
country under the State Department;
any position of quasi military or
naval character; mechanics and skill
| ed tradesmen or laborers; and many
others specified in the various de-
| nartmentS
The Washington times., 1912-09-14
New Aeroplane Mail
Stations Established

New "aeroplane mail stations" are
established today at Reading, Pa. and
Columbia, Tenn, by orders of Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

wASH1NGTON.-Secretary Wilson
" is looking for bedbugs in his off,
clal and not his private capacity. Mr..
Wilson wants all the bedbugs he can
get, and furthermore he is willing to
pay fair price for them.
This is not a hobby with Tama
i'm. In fact, he has no intention of
ever coming in personal contact with
the unpopular bipeds or quadrupeds
or centtpedes, whichever class they
happen to belong to- Mr.. Wilson
wants as many of this species of the
pug family as he can buy at q nickel
aplece-for purely experimental pur-
poses.
On the old Lewis farm, near Wen
na' few miles from WASHINGTON.
the department Of agriculture main.
talns an experimental farm. Every
class OF bugs that have any part what
soever in farm life are being studied
by the departments scientists.
In the railroad station at Vienna
this sign was posted:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Five cents
Will be paid for each bedbug deliv-
cred at the office of the experimental
farm of the department Of agricul-
ture."
The farmers Of Vienna intend to
call at the farm and make sure that
accommodations have been made for
the safekeeping Of the bugs before
the expected shipments arrive. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
"0diva, the Divers" Bathing Suits Are Burned

DROOKLYN, N. Y.-Six charred gar
ID ments. once the dainty bathing
suits of Miss Alma Beaumont, who is
known to fame as "Odiva, the diver"
were offered as evidence against Mrs.
Emma Adams, wife of Charles F.. Ad-
ans, Odiva's manager, who was
charged with malicious mischief be-
fore Magistrate Mcclure the other
day.
Mrs. Adams, who sat erectly In
court and manifested supreme disdain,
merely shifted when the flame-scarred
garments were displayed to the court.
Mrs. Adams apparently was very we'll
pleased over the fact that Odiva new
er again would don those suits to emu
late the mermaid.
The first witness against Mrs. Ad-
ans was her husband, the impresario
of the swimming tank. Mr.. Adams
told q sorrowful story. He had brought
Odiva in from a tour, during which
she had delighted thousands with her
amphibious performances. Eight bath
ing suits, that cost in the aggregate
$170, needed laundering. Would Mrs.
Adams please launder them? Not on
your life. she would not!
WELL" quoth Mr.. Adams, then
myself will launder them"
And he did, hanging them out to dry
on a clothes line in the back yard Of
the Adams home, at Bergen Beach
After he had finished the washing and
hung the wash out, Mr.. Adams came
into the city and did not return until
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

7 OS ANGELES, Cal.-The champion
Il "hest man" in all Los Angeles
was discovered the other night. He is
G.. G. Harootunian, who lives at No
HAT Dewey avenue.
To his credit he has eleven mar
r1ages. All these he personally ar
ranged as matchmaker, and at all
of them he acted as best man. What
is more. all the marriages have re
suited happily, and an even dozen
healthy and hearty youngsters have
been added to the population OF Los
Angeles % a result.
The latest consummation of the
matchmaking proclivities of Ha
rootunian occurred when Miss Bessie
King, charming English girl, and M
G. Roobian. a thrifty young Armenian
were married by Rev. p. J. Mcdonald
pastor Of the Reformed Church. OF
course. Harootunian was best man.
The activity of Harootunian as an
ally Of Cupid had It's origin in
desire OF the thrifty young Ament
ans Of Los Angeles to take unto
themselves English girls or girls OF
other Saxon nations as wives.
1t began when Harootunian, him
self. fell victim to the bright eyes
of an English lass. That was about
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
MERRY Widows" Were Barred in This Ball Game

nETROIT, MICH.-Untutored women
u who have not learned that one Of
the rules Of baseball excludes outsid-
ers from the diamond during a game,
are learning better these days when
they undertake to take the short cut
across the city hall lawn.
Exciting contests are staged every
Afternoon on the broad walk which
runs from Fort to Griswold streets
past the city hall steps. The teams
are made up of "newsies." who while
away the time when waiting for edi-
lions. The space is somewhat limited
for a life-size game, and ground rules
require dead" ball, improvised from
tobacco pouch stuffed with paper.
Bare palms serve for bats, and the
hits are usually such as the pitcher
can field. To tag base-runner all he
has to do is to throw the pill" and
hit any part of the runners person.
Al! would be we'll il outsiders did
not trespass on the diamond. One
day last week the game was nearly
disrupted by woman with a hat that
survived the Merry Widow epoch.
She came up behind the pitcher un-
seen by him. He sent one singing
over the middle Of the plate and it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
An, 1t Was a Sad Day for "Count" Perreard

TEAM PERREARD, true son Of
u Paris, he Of the Cafe de Perreard.
was disconsolate the other day.
1t was the Sabbath and also the an
anniversary of the fall of the Bastile.
And for the first time in years the
count" as he is Familiarity known,
failed to observe the day. The counts
celebrations have been notable events
In Washington for years, but the
count let the day pass quietly because
1t fell on Sunday.
Everything about the Chateau de
Perreard was normal, except that
from window breezed the tricolor
of La Belle France.
Stilled were the clinking glasses.
because it was the Sabbath day. The
hearty chanting of 1.-The Marseilles,"
as only the count could chant it, was
not waited out into Thirteenth street
from the chateau windows as in the
past
In fanciful retrospection the count
recalled the celebrations of yester-
year and his friends missed them
The bon wants of the town, who call
Perreard the count, recalled the trips
down the river as his guests and
how he used to chant the cabaret
songs Of dear old Paris. And all re-
membered how the count used to say,
when asked how he would celebrate
the independence day Of France:
oh, eet will be re grande time
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

TH1CAGO.-The stork made so much
- noise breaking into the rear door
Of Lawrence McCarthy's house, at
1859 West Twenty-third street, early
the other morning, that neighbors
thought that it couldn't be anything
less than burglar-perhaps a dozen
of them.
a frightened woman who saw lights
suddenly turned up in the house and
saw several persons moving about
within telephoned to the police and
asked that policemen be hurried to
the place to capture the supposed
burglar
Policeman Joseph Hoffman hurried
to the house. drew his trusty revolver
and tapped lightly on the front door.
Mccarthy answered the knock.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
Turkey Trot New7 Danced 500 Years in Borneo

IT WILL be news to many doubtless
that the much-criticised turkey
trot" has been danced to the rain god
Of a savage tribe in the north Of Bor-
neo for more than five hundred years.
Several young women Of one Of Wash
tngton's exclusive circles were A.
founded when Prof. Edward David
son, a Washington, dancing master,
made this statement to them during
. lecture on the history Of dancing.
Professor Davidson said that the
'trot" is one OF the holy of holes
In the religion Of the savage Muruts.
When there comes prolonged dry
spell these head-hunting natives per-
form the trot day in and day out until
The great rain god has heard their
prayers. The professor visited the
aorth Of the island several years ago.
He says he saw them dance around
the image Of the god an entire night.
During the latter part of the
eighteenth century the turkey trot
gas introduced into the dancing
tchools of Italy and Portugal, and
soon everybody was doing 1t. In the
arst part Of the nineteenth century
It gradually died out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
Agricultural Department an Aid to Housewives

Commercial industries were long
ago studied by scientific methods,
since it was found that gaining knowl-
edge by experience was much moro
costly than gaining it by systematic
study. 1t is only lately that we have
come to realize that it is equally
profitable to study the housekeepers'
problems.
Fifty years ago few such ques-
lions had been taken to the labora-
tory and few schools gave instruction
in such subjects. Today very many
men and women Of scientific training
have taken the home problem to the
laboratory and are finding ways of
helping the housekeeper to solve her
problems satisfactorily.
THE department of agriculture has
studied many questions which relate
to the use of agricultural products on
the farm and in the home, but per-
haps none of them has a closer re-
lation to the household than the nu-
triton investigations of the office Of
experiment stations, which Lave to do
with the use of agricultural products
as human foods and whose object is
to help the housewife In her efforts
to provide good living at reasonable
cost, without undue labor"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
Brand New Baby Is Hunted Down as a BurqIa

lis he there?" whispered the police
man to the happy father.
Sure, and big fellow, too was
the whispered reply.
where is he?"
Hes In the back bedroom. Want
to 90 back?" asked Mccarthy.
Certainly, I'll 60 back. Just let
me get one look at him."
THE st is IN there, too" said
tie father, cycling the policeman.
What! Why. she may be !slled by
this time!"
mo, he isn't so savage SIS that, al
though he is strapping big fellow"
Tho door was pushed gently open
and the policeman, stlll clutching his
rex Oliver, leaped in. Fle looked at the
baby, soundly sleeping in the arms Of
a smiling nurse, aud then turned to
tho father.
Il thought all the time 1t was a
burglar. Isn't it,"
>"Of course not. He's going to be
a policeman, not burglar" said Nc
Carthy
Then Hoffman returned to the police
station and announced That it was too
early to arrest the person who had
broken into the Mccarthy home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

The continental Sunday has about
as much chance in Washington as
the count would have had in the
Marathon. and so the only way the
head Of the house of Perreard could
observe the day was to sip a little
green stuff. as it filtered through q
loaf Of sugar. But all the time the
tricolor hoated in the breeze from the
easement of the cafe.
The count could not have a public
party, and so he had none. It was a
bad day for France.
And then to add to his discontinue
the rain drenched the flag of dear old
France. And the count, looking from
his window, as the rain fell, let his
thoughts revert to the vine-clad hills
Of old France.
And the rain, falling harder and
harder, even did not spare in its tor
rental wrath the statues of the Mar
quis de Lafayette and Rochambeau.
And the count was very, very sad.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

was met on the nose of the ba:-or
fist-and came back spinning directly
on the middle of the big d-piece,
where 1t lodged.
Ground rules failed to provide any
base limit where the ball fell on a
Merry Widow" hat, and the batsman
was burning up the base lines with
good chance of a home run. It was
an emergency. and the pitcher-fielder
proved Ty COBB.
With one hand on the woman's
shoulder, he made jump for the new
millinery ornament. The woman did
not understand, and turned to protest
and as she did so the ball fell into the
pitchers hand. just in time to PASTE
the base runner between third and
home plate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

The clergy Of Italy, Spain and Por-
tugal made a loud outcry against tho
heather Dance but the physical; cul-
turists and dancing masters favored
it on the ground that 1t was good e.
erc1se. In the fashionable dancing
schools of Rome it was all tie raee
Tor short time. Traces of tho tur-
Key trot can be seen in the folk
dances OF Switzerland, Portugal, spa.n
Italy and France.
In 1888 an Italian named Giovann;
Casinf introduced the dance to "a,
Francisco. For a time it was not 40
preciated much outside Of Barbarv
Coast circles Then 1t came to New
YORK and certain prominent dancing
mas masters introduced It into thu Four
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
Apollo Who Is Strong on the Job

FIVE years ago. The marriage Of the
Harootunians was SO blissful and to-
suited In SO much happiness that
he decided that the marriage of the
200 young Armenians of good stand
ing and sufficient worldly goods in
this city would solve the problem
of taking care OF these fiery young
bloods.
His first victim" was a friend, G..
Mouradian. He met the latter in the
park one day and told him Of his
happy home, and then took him
there to dinner. He knew Of a
charming young English girl who
WAS of marriageable age and was de-
sirable. He brought the two together
at the Reformed Church. and within
two weeks a marriage resulted. Ger
tainly Harootunian was best man.
Then in rapid succession followed
S. Marsho, a musician. who was In
troduced to a young Saxon girl and
gavo her no peace until she was
Mrs. Marsho; Jacob Hawaiian.
George Gasvinnie. Samuel Bahi.
Robert Tootjian, M. Caro-, r. Diujian.
D. Safady and lastly M. G. Roobian.
All were prosperous, in the prime Of
manhood, and good citizens. Haroo-
tunian kept in touch with the desir-
able Saxon girls and introduced them
to the sturdy young Armenians and
marriages followed with wonderful
rapidity. Harootunian always best
man.
There are $40 Armenians in Los
Angeles" said Harootunian. "and all
of them are thrifty. OF this number
perhaps 200 are young men Of mar
riageable age. There are but two
Armenian girls In Los Angeles"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
MRS. POTTER PALMER STUDIES ART

Mrs. Potter Palmer has returned
from Paris to Berlin, where she too3
a thorough course Of study in the pic
ture galleries and museums. This she
did by way Of preparation for society
functions next winter, when she will
visit Chicago.
Mrs. Palmer believes that more ar
tistic appreciation should be devel-
oped in the social life of Chicago, ara
with this object in view she put her
self under direction Of the learned
DR.. Bode of Berlin. DR.. Bode, who IL
director Of the Royal museums, is rec
ognized as the best living authority
on the old masters. His books and
catalogues are Of the highest value in
the art world, and he is frequently
consulted by such collectors as J.
Pierpont Morgan, but this is the first
time DR.. Bode has had a society lead
er for a pupil He ~ loud IN his
praises Of the artistic e2tness ind
intelligence shown by his Chicago a.
ciple.
E system-that Is, he took his pupil
nd in them give object lessons on the
The course required several woskA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

NO branch OF the United States gov
~ eminent comes so near to the life
of the people as the department Of
agriculture, which deals with the cot
to1 and other fibers of which our
clothes are made, the focks and
herds we raise, the crops we produce,
the food we eat and the timber Of
which our houses are built.
The closeness of the relation be-
tween the department and the people
is in great measure due to the fact
that the use which is made of agri-
cultural products receives as much
attention as their production, and the
great bulk of these products is used
in the home.
Commenting on this phase Of the
departments work Secretary Wilson
said:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
Scientists Believe There Is Reason for Bugs

people of Vienna do not like the idea
Of giving any inducements to outsid-
ers to bring bedbugs near their vii
lage.
Some of Uncle Sans scientists be-
lieve there is 4 reason for bedbugs
and if they ma mage to substantiate
this theory they intend to put them
to work at a more gratuitous task
than that upon which they are gener-
ally engaged.
There Is a theory that most SELF
respecting species Of bugs will have
no dealings with bedbugs-in fact.
they will not live In the same neigh
borhood.
This theory is based upon two as
sumptions. The first is that bedbugs
are scrappers and beat up and kill
anything else that happens to cross
their way in bugdom. This theory is
disputed by another school of bug
ology, which holds that bedbugs do
not prey upon other species, but that
their general characteristics are SO
displeas1ng that other bugs eschew
them altogether.
1t is generally admitted that they
are not accepted in any circle Of bug
society.
Now the department Of agriculture's
scientists have about decided which
bugs do the most damage to fruit
trees. These experiments have been
carried on at the Lewis farms for
many months. The most deadly bugs,
as far as fruit Is concerned, have been
segregated in boxes and bottles.
The bedbugs are to be introduced
to these select fruit killers and then
tho scientists are going to see what
happens.
II the bedbugs carry OF the hen
ors Uncle Sam may try to induce
them to leave their present abodes for
fruit orchards.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

the next day, which was Aug. ii. Desc.
lation awaited him. The bathing suits
lay in a charred mass before the por-
tico Of his home.
What Is this?" he demanded
Tut, TUT" replied Mrs. Adams.
"They are burned. Can't you see?"
Mr.. Adams reported the catastrophe
to Odiva. who procured warrant
against Mrs. Adams.
Il was going along in front of the
Adams house about 10 o'clock at night,
Aug. 49," said Harry Deaves, a show
manager, land saw a bonfire, which
l put out, dragging from the flames
six partially burned bathing SUITS"
Mr. Deaves soberly identified the
six charred garments as the ones he
had rescued.
Mrs. Adams" he continued, ire
marked that she would not thank me
for putting out that fire."
Magistrate Mcclure released Mrs
Adams on the ground that there was
no evidence to show she had started
the fire.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
new COMMANDER OF SALVATION ARMY

Gen. Bramwell Booth, new COM
mander of the Salvation Army, was
deluged with expressions of good will
at his elevation to the post left va
cant by the death Of his father
The general acknowledged few OF
them personally, but the vast major
ity will have to be answered by cir
cular letter as their number is so
great that individual responses are
impossible. Several Of his advisers
are urging upon the new commander
to make tour of inspection of the
more important army posts. as one Of
the first necessities Of his administra-
ton.
The new commander of tho Saliva
ton Army, Gen. Bramwell Booth, is a
big man-physically and mentally.
He stands over six feet high and is
of military carriage. A British cabi-
net minister once said Of him that
he would be worth $4,000 a year to
any of the great English administra-
tive departments. and that he could