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POTOMAC ELECTRIC
POWER COMPANY
1913 Fourteenth Street N, w, /
Phone Main 7160

cloak for impossible diagnosis. like acute
Indigestion and heart failure. The TACT
is that ptomaines have rarely If ever
been chemically isolated. The word
derived from the Greek ptoma. cor2se,
indicates it's origin in animal decomposi-
ton This material has been scientifically
studied by the great medical chemlst
Prof Brieger of Berlin, who is called
Pfeilgift arrow POISON Brieger because
he discovered for the German government
the toxin contained in the arrow poisons
of the Africans. Brieger found no less
than twenty-one chemical substances, poi
sonous and innocuous. producing the most
varied symptoms, the enumeration or
which would bewider the reader. in de-
composed meat and fish.
Supported by a physician acquainted
with these and other data, a skillful at
torney would seem to have no difhculty
in establishing the fallacy of ptomaine
poisoning beyond reasonable doubt At
least.
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Womams Organization am @Educatomal Clearing House,

man. Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher of
Florida; second vice chairman, Mrs
Steven B. Ayres of New York, secre-
tary, Mrs. Lynden Evans Of Illinois;
treasurer, Mrs. Julius Kahn OF Cali
fornia.
Executive committee. Mrs. James L.
Slayden of Texas Mrs. Henry G. Dan
forth of New York, Mrs. Edwin J.
Sweet of Michigan, Mrs: j. Charles
Linthicum of Maryland, Mrs. Steven E.
Ayres Of New York, Mrs julius Kahn
of California. Mrs. Lynden Evans of
Illinois. Mrs. Winthrop Murray Crane
| of Massachusetts, Mrs. Edward ".
Townsend of New Jersey, Mrs. Samuel
W. Mccall of Massachusetts; Mrs.
Weldon b. Hepburn of Idaho, Mrs.
Oscar w. Underwood of Alabama, Mrs
Duncan L. Fletcher of Florida. Mrs.
N. e. Kendall of Iowa. Mrs. William
f. Humphrey of Washington. Standing
mmittees-Chairma of membership
committee, Mrs. Weldon b Hepburn
chairman of the press and publicity
Mrs Steven B. Ayres; chairman Of in
win j. Sweet; chairman of program
and rooms, Mrs. Henry C. Danforth.
Among the women who were active in
the forming of the section are Mrs Lyn-
den Evans of Chicago, whose reputation
is well established in the west as an eff
|
tic science field; Mrs Henry G. Danforth,
for years identified with the charitable
and philanthropical work in Rochester,
\. Y; Mrs Samuel W. Mccall, to whom
much of the credit is given for writing
the bylaws for the section, and Mrs
Steven r. Ayres of Spuyten Duyvil. New
York city.
Mrs. Ayres is one of the new women in
the congressional circle, her husband
| taking oath representative from the
| eighteenth district. New York, at the
| special session in April. 1911. So recently
| brought to Washington from the home
| fields she understands and keenly real
| ICES the progress in woman's welfare and
| its relation to her home district
| One OF Mrs. Ayres' pet hobbies is the
| plan now being generally discussed to use
the public school houses for community
work She contends that the public
school, having been built from the taxes
| which is in turn, the peoples money
should be available for the use of the
people residing in that district and
should be open to patrons and young
! people and not set apart for the exclusive
use of children. She believes that the
I vast sum invested in each school building
| in any city should earn more results for
that community than is possible If re-
stricted TO the use of the children.
Some one has shown in New York CITY
that each public playground is equal to a
police station in preserving order in a
| thickly settled district. and costs far less
MIS-. AyTeS SuSSeSiS liidI 1T the PUBIC
school house the foreign parents can
| learn more of Americanism and the real
American spirit at less cost to the COM
munity than elsewhere.
She urges the use of the fine GYM
! nasium floors and assembly halls for
mixed dancing during the winter months.
| putting the chaperonage and control into
| the hands of the neighborhood settlement
workers, who know intimately the
people of their districts and who very
| much need large assembly halls to offset
disreputable dance halls scattered
through the large cities.
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Mug"
From the London Chronicle.

The most overworked word In the vo-
cabulary Of slang is mug" As noun
II may mean a face. a fool or student
who prefers reading to sport. As a verb
its meanings are still more varied. 1t
may mean to study hard or to strike in
the face 1t also means to rob or swli-
die. and among actors to grimace or
make faces. To mug up is also. In the
atrical parlance. to make up. Finally. to
mug ones self is to get drunk. the result
ing condition being one of mugginess.
There is more obvious sense In this last
use of the word than in some of the
others. for alehouses in the eighteenth
century were commonly known as mug
houses. Mug is the English equivalent OF
the German zug, which Mark Twain
found - mean everything. =
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civic experts that talk to them fortnight
ly through the congressional session.
During the session of Congress these
women gather from every state in the
Union. And while Washington must,
perforce, be thQr temporary residence.
their chief interest rests in the nome
problms and events. Why should they
not represent woman's work and stand
for the progress of woman's welfare IN
their district and state their husbands
represent the community interests IN
Congress, they ask?
These congressional women appreciate
keenly that they are birds of passage
migrating from their home duties to their
official obligations. The majority being
wives of the members of the House OF
Representatives, are assured OF so)ourn
in Washington of two years, and some
times that is the full term of service. In
many instances the representatives are
returned term after term, serving many
consecutive years. From the 1st of De-
cember to the 1st of March, at least.
these women must be away from their
this new section to create definite INK
which shall keep its members In touch
with the home progress.
Congressional friendships are like those
UidOt bOdiu snip, ~ AiIAIIsSsS - 49,
daily life at the capital These con-
gressional families meet conStantly-the
men at the Capitol and the women as
they go about their social duties Iney
share these social duties in common and
not only meet on the rounds but at their
Congressional Club house. Many friend
ships formed in Washington continue
| through life. The majority, alas. fade
away. as does the memory of the faces
| SO well known at the end of four or five
dayS' life on board ship.
1t Is therefore hardly surprising.
they assert, that women VINO are keeniy
interested n civic problems and In the
betterment of the stranger within our
gates should no longer overlook this
great opportunity of informing them
selves of what is planned and OF the
constructive work in progress today
at the capital.
One of these women said recently:
I'VE have vast opportunities right
here in Washington. and some or us
are not encountered with our nome
household cares, but there is one thing
that appeals to me more than all else.
For years We have been working to
uplift those less fortunate than our
selves. and l. for one. feel that 1t Is
high time to educate myself and no
longer pass on to others the advance
ment that ! am too busy distributing
to avail myself Of The poor are our
selves who are always giving, un-
| aware that we are thus becoming de-
| pendents.
| The list Of officers of the National
Congressional Section is as follows:
Honorary first vice chairman lex
| officio) the wife of the Vice Presi-
| dent of the United States, Mrs. James
| S. Sherman; honorary second vice
| chairman tex officio) the wife OF the
! Speaker OF the House, Mrs. Champ
clark chairman Mra Samuel w Nc
| Call Ct Massachusetts; first vice chair
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n UNIQUE organization. possible
~ nowhere else than here in
IA Washington has come into
Il existence 50 quietly that few
people, outside of the congress
siOnal circle are aware that there is
brand-new national congressional section
Of the woman's welfare department OF
the National Civic Federation.
Ii is a very much named organizat on,
carving not only its mothers name. but
perpetuating also that OF its maternal
. rrandfather-if organizations can be said
10 have grandfathers. Its first ancestor
IN this country is the National Civic Fed
Grafton an organ zation composed OF men
who are owners and proprietors In the
Industrial world; its presidents is Mr..
Seth Low. formerly a president of Column
ha College. and once mayor of New
York city One of the several depart
nentS operating under this National Civic
Federation i the womans welfare de-
partment. now five years old. 1t was
formed To interest the women throughout
the country who were owners OF indus
tries and who should be led TO have some
part in the lettering II the conditions
under which women are employed
This daughter Of the parent organiZa-
ton has a. its present chairman Mrs.
John HAYS Hammond and as IT'S honor
AIRY chairman Mrs. Taft wife OF the
resident Of the United States, who has
for many years been interested n the adj
SanCement OF the woman welfare de-
par.ment. Mrs. Taft has personally con-
tr.uuted To the efficiency and effective
ness Of the organization by her advice
and suggestions and by her keen interest.
The membership OF this department is
composed largely Of women who are
themselves stockholdeZ. or who. through
family relationship, are financially In
ter-sted IN Industrial undertakings. These
industries include railroads mills. fac
tories. mines, stores and other work
places Such group of women should
be deeply interested in the welfare of
workers in the various enterprises from
whence Their incomes are derived
The new daughter born in Washing
ton this spring is composed exclusively
OF the wives OF the members in the two
houses. OF Congress. and hence, being
exclusively for the congressional
women. IS called the Congressional
Section. Lest IL seem 10 localize the
work. the title Of National Congress
The parent Organization declares
plainly its purpose and policy in the
following statement. which forms one
of the slides in the illustrated lectures
OF the woman's welfare department.
and reads: The purpose of the Ma
tional civic Federation is to organize
the best brains of the nation in an edu-
cational movement seeking the solu-
ton OF some of the great problems re-
lated TO social and Industrial progress
10 provide for study and discussion of
questions OF national import: to aid
thus In the crystallization of the most
enlightened public opinion. and, when
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!, promote legislation in &C

desirable, TO promote legislation in &C
cordance herewith"
But the new National Congressional
Section has written into It's own by
laws its own purpose and policy In
very definite terms. It's bylaws were
approved by it's ranking organizations
and returned to the congressional
women with words of COMMUNICATION
and praise from MIR. Seth Low. who
stated to the advisory board of his or
ganization in session in New York city
that he considered these bylaws a
great achievement in development of
womans work.
The object and policy of the new Sec
ton as set forth in it's bylaws are as
follows:
ARTICLE II.
Object and Policy
Section 1. This section shall be purely cduca-
tional sort Of clearing house for civic ideas
received from governmental or other experts
and directly from all the districts and states
uted by the members. when desired. through
their districts and states. and by the national
chairman, whereby the civic conditions peculiar
to each district and state may be more wisely
met.
section .. The policy of this section being
wholly educa tional. II shall not. body. seek
to influence legislation, neither shall it organ
ze home other sections.
Thus its members are reminded that IT
is the province of Mrs. Hammond TO or
ganize sections throughout the land.
Being an educational clearing house. its
members are to receive during their So
journ in Washington and. returning home,
distribute to their townsfolk the tnforma-
ton received from experts on civic wei
fare. In reverse form these members are
to receive from their townSfOlk the
problems unsolved or the conditions re-
lieved or needing relief, and, reporting
them in conference at their gatherings
at the National Congressional Section
meetings. seek informal, on for the home
betterment. Thus do these members be-
come channels OF expert information. and
the application of this information is left
10 the home folk.
This would at first glance seem to set
loose upon the unsuspecting public a
band of lecturers agitators who must
talk civics at the town halls and street
corners. But such is not the case. Wom-
ans work Is being exploited along saner
and safer lines and one of the strong
holds is the home and the home circle OF
intimate friends. So this National Con-
gressional Section gives to its members
upon their return home an earnest topic
of conversation, and as they go about
through the community they can distrib-
ute the information TO a few at time
and yet do tolerable amount of home
missionary work.
Many of these congressional matrons
are impressed into service at informal
teas and social gatherings to give de-
! scription of their life in Washington. and
an enhancing picture of the social gay
cites at the capital can be drawn. but a
touch of local color can be introduced by
members of the National Congressional
Section when they include part of the
| picture the lectures and information re-
ceived from the governmental and other
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or cake, YOU know
with whipped cream
on top no. | said
not cake Hang II
all, / don want
the whipped cream ,
now. now, Will you
listen 10 me for a
minute. The old
gentleman REDEEM
ed to danger point
and swallowed rap
idly to save him
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The old gentleman settled back in his
chair for what he knew would be
considerable wait No one. in fact. could
have known quite as We'll as the old gen
tleman how long such a wait could be.
for no one else has ever taken search
after shortcake In so serious and logged
a way. He did ii with the same fierce
enthusiasm that some men show in their
yearly fortnight of shooting. The sea-
son came around and found him eager to
begin. When the season was not open.
so TO speak. he collected data on good
shortcake localities, he followed faint
scents. applied the science of Induction
10 his hunt tracked shortcake, ansled
for il. laid traps for the proper and only
kind of shortcake with the combined ar
dor Of the collector and the willy craft
Of the hunter. OF course the old gentle
man was bachelor: these specialists al
ways are: they have to be: they have
neither time nor energy to both possess a
family and follow vocation. and If one
j. in the grip of a great idea, one natu-
ally is compelled to narrow down ones
interests and concentrate on The Cause.
II had all begun before the flood, as the
90 gentleman would have said and then
il hc had wished to be explicit-and he
always did wish this-he would have
added "or in other words, during the
Gsrk ages when / was in my fifteenth
ar He had visited an aunt-one of
IHose proper aunts who live on farms,
Eel in pastry, and so make aunthood
I .IrIph. and she had quite unwittingly
81 hin astride of his hobby. Not that
l1e realized il then. though forty years
:.ftcrward in eloquent moments ne drew
vivid word pictures of how the straw
lerry Juice looked as ii lusciously trickled
orer the edge with its varying shades of
I'D and it's thick. succulent prophecy Of
delights To come: but this il Is impossible
- admit as actual memory. for it was
not until such years afterward that he
recalled these virtues. and he Is even now
adding 10 their details. The undramatic
ruth is that at the time nothing of any
Importance happened unless one wishes to
except the amount of shortcake which he
ate, but as he was just fifteen. on a rare
visit 10 a farm. and hot from blowing.
perhaps il would be narrow minded and
ungeneroLs to speak of his appetite. New
ertheleSs he Swears that inner the table
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UNIQUE organization. possible
nowhere else than here in
Washington, has come into
existence so quietly that few
people, outside of the congress
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he ecstatically curled his bare toes and
exclaimed. Never, never shall ] forget
this shortcake" We allow him the toes;
the remark we refuse to accept.
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ket. Some of its practices may be cor
rected or modified, but that will all be
for the good There is quite likely to be
publication in the stock exchange and
Wall street. That, however, does not
mean destruction
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-13
SPEAKS IN

Indianapolis, May 1S.-The
extraordinary action of Federal
Judge Cornelius H. Hanford, of
Washington, was the ruling topic
at the Socialist National conven-
ton today.
Saturday, Hanford revoked the
citizenship of Leonard OLSON,
because OLSON, al Socialist, had
said that the constitution of the
United States could be changed
by electing men to congress
sworn to pass amendments, and
had spoken in favor of direct leg
islation.
This is the first case of the kind
in the United States. Never be-
fore has jurist attempted to say
whether mental reservations, real
or imaginary, could be used to re-
woke the citizenship of man who
had sworn allegiance to the flag
of the United States.
Federal action is promised by
Congressman Victor Berger, of
Wisconsin. He has promised
that he will take the matter up
on the moor of Congress-. and do
his best either to force Hanford |
to recall his decision or face inn
parchment proceedings.
Socialists here have received
scores of letters and kilograms
from Democratic and Republican
leaders offering support ira legal
battle to prove that Hanford al
lowed his personal prejudices to
rule his decision.
Hanford's decision is certain.to
be carried to the supreme court
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sympathy with Socialism.
Hanford is VIGOROUSLY rail
road judge. His decisions in
cases where the people were
aligned against the railroads, or
where the right of free speech was
involved, have been outrageous.
He has been called maker of
Socialists.
1t is admitted that if his de-
ciSion of Saturday be allowed to
stand, any foreign born citizen,
no matter how long he may have
voted in this country, endangers
his citizenship should he admit
publicly that he favors direct leg
islation.
1t was freely said today that
Hanford's decision was due en-
tirely to his hatred of the judicial
recall, and he believed that BY
taking away. Olsson's citizenship.
he would curb the agitation for
the recall in the western states,
where foreign born citizens are in
the majority.
The religious issue also was in
jected into the convention TODAY
by resolution calling for an in
vestlgation of the reasons behind
the "anti-red flag" order of ST.
Perintendent Of Police Hyland.
The order against the use of
red flags by the Socialists is no
longer in existence. At confer
ence between Berger, Mayor
Shank and himself, Hyland ad-
mitted he had no right under the
constitution, to issue any such or
der, and revoked it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11
Self Defense, Plea
 Of Wilton Murderer

Self defence will be the claim of Giuseppe Malvaso, the Lilliputian murderer of Harry Maudlin of South Wilton, when he is arraigned in the May term of Superior court, charged with first degree murder.
 MalvasO is held in the County jail here without bail, bound over by Jus tice William K. J. Hubben of Wilton. The little outlaw has no lawyer, and so far has made no move to secure counsel. He appears to know some thing of the procedure of the law, hall he remarked that he proposed to spend his money for lawyers when his case reached the Superior court.
 ''I ain't guilty; he struck me first, '' was Malvaso's answer when the charge of first degree murder of the eccentric South Wilton farmer was read to him.
 Malvaso frankly admits that he went to New York to buy a shot gun to shoot his cousin, Giuseppe Fusco, and inviting him into the woods Aug. 21. did shoot him. Fusco is now in Italy, recovered from what were at first believed to be fatal wounds.
 MalvasO then took to the woods, and hunted by the authorities lived on game that he shot and cooked. On a rainy day he went into an open cellar of a barn on the Maudlin place, started fire to dry his clothes, hav- ing laid his gun down in a farm wagon. Maudlin came out, seized a stake and struck him on the head Maudlin then turned to run, the pris- oner said, and when he saw the far mer fleeing, his anger arose. He snatched up his gun and fired.
 Justice Hubbell found probable cause and suggested a bond of $1,0OO. The police protested against any bail being allowed. and finally the justice ordered him held without bail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11
s'MOTHER'S $ DAY' WILL BE
 OBSERVED THE WORLD OVER

Although the modern observance of Mothers Day is of recent origin, it has already girdled the globe, and white carnations will be worn to- morrow by millions of people all over the earth, in honor of "the best moth CT that ever liyed-your own." The May as Mothers Day was due to Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. The grief she experienced following the death of her own mother brought realization of the sorrow which mothers death must mean to all. She began a propaganda by means Of communications to editors and cler- gymen, and the idea was taken up and spread all over the United States and thence to Canada. Governors of near ly all of the States of the Union have indorsed the idea, and sunday schcoi and other associations of the Var1- ous Canadian provinces have urged a cry part of the Dominion. Mission aries have carried the Mothers Day idea to the yellow, black and brown peoples, and it is likely that carna- tfons will be worn tomorrow by people who will wear little else. Japan, where veneration of parents IS part of the national religion, quickly ac- cepted the plan, and reports from England, Egypt, South America ana Australia, say that Mothers Day will be more or less generally observed. Besides the wearing of the carna!lon, those so fortunate as to have mothers still in the land of the living are urg- ed to flowing remembrance through some distinct act of kindness, such as a visit, a gift or a letter, while those whose mothers are dead might remember some other mother, poor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-11

and deserving, and struggling to do her duty toward her children despite odds that would dishearten a mere man."
 Although the International Mothers Day association. which has it's head quarters in Philadelphia, started its propaganda only a few years ago. the idea Is not entirely new. Mid- Lent Sunday was observed in Eng land Mothering Sunday. when the old rural custom obtained of visiting ones mother and making her gifts. This practice had it's origin in medic val England and was generally and turies, and in some of the bucolic sections of Britain the celebration of Mothering Sunday is still in vogue. "Simnell cake' was, in the olden times the accompaniment of the Moth ering Sunday observance, and they cluded such cake among their gifts. An old time couplet runs: '1'll to thee a simnell bring 'gainst thou goest a-mothering." The festival is said to have been observed by the pagans and was taken up by the church when the state religion of England was that of Rome. Later the Anglican church pal church tried many years ago but unsuccessfully to introduce 1t into the United States.
 Recently an attempt was made to bring about an observance of Fath- ers' Day, but the project was greeted with derision and when the newspa- per humorists had finished with 1t poor old "dad' was content to go away back and sit down and watch "ma'' get all the credit and glory that accrues from a parenthood which is as it should be.