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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
DESERVE THEIR PENSIONS

To the Editor Of THE TINES;
Anent the recent discussion which I
see Is going on through the Mail Bag
regarding the different merits of the
Sherwood and McCumber pension bills
I would like to bring forward one fact
which seems to me to entitle the vet
Grams Of the civil war to consideration
above the rank and file Of the Union
army. Col John McElroy. who is always
active with tongue or pen in behalf Of
the old soldier. was present at the dedi-
cation Of Fort Stevens, and mentioned
one fact which I think has been too
often overlooked In recalling the his
tory Of those days. He said that in 1864,
when the struggle had been prolonged
nearer to the point OF exhaustion on
both sides, when foreign governments
were threatening to come to the aid OF
tho South, and the national currency
had become terribly deprecated, the
Secretary of War turned in despair to
the veterans latter going down on his
knees. fguratively, to Wall STREET. and
these men. poor in the worlds goods,
but rich In loyalty, drew out Of their
scanty pay of $13 a month the sum Of
$l3, 600, 900 and donated II to the cause
for which they had left home and loved
ones. II, after this we haggle over
the question of giving a decent subsist,
ence to the old soldier, then, indeed,
II Is case OF "a king that knew not
Joseph" BALTIMOREAN.
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WORK OF FARMER
AND CLERK COMPARED

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Which Is most entitled to a pen
sion. the Government clerk. who for
half a century has done desk work"
working six to seven hours a day,
and receiving q salary of 5000 to
$4,000 per year (out of which nice
sum he should have saved a Compel
ency for rainy day" or age). or his
less favored brother. the "horny-
handed" farmer. who for the same
time. with equal fitness for a shade
onice," has toiled from sun to sun, y
to make lends meet" support and
educate his family, and pay his taxes
labor in the course OF a year as much
real cash as the clerk gets every
month?
Moral: Pension both. or limit serv.
ice OF clerk. The clerks mind will
not then become warped BY the mon
otony of his work, and other worthy
aspirants will have q chance at the
public pap"
JUSTICE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
SHOULD NOT GIVE PRIZES
TO INFERIOR BIRDS
. the Editor Of THE TIMES.

~ tho hkuhtH VI IF1b IIME6t
1 am not naturally kicker, but. like
some horses, will kick IL In too close
q place. ! don't want 10 raise a Dis.
tdrbance with anyone. and more espe.
ciaiiy with the Judges Of che poultry
shcw. However. want 10 make
remark. noticed at the shDw held in
your city lately that prizes or blue rib
bons were sometimes given to n very
ihdinerent bird simply because in COM
petition with ono other OF the same va
nety. yet worse. I do not think this
risnt, for II fowl does not come up
70 CT near. the standard a. laid down
IN American Poultry Association Stand
arc OF Perfection" Il should receive NO
p'ue ribbon. Why? Because Il Il I'M
iair 10 the public. For instance, 1 buy
esss or stock from a man who has
so'en a prize or blue ribbon. I md
~. iater. to my sorrow. that his stock
wv, We ,mp.rfect and 80 were mine, din.
bon ~ as ne got q prize or blue rib
inns enect. and got bitten" an Others
nav naue cone, and will do unless more
sure ls taken. ! say II IL UNFAIR ami
pleading to the public.
WIere there Is only one BIRD shown
Whyf Because this one is the best hira
ca NE varieV Al the show. This IL NOT
competitive show, but shcw for. or
birds and ali BBf irds sSnu, n point: e
is only fair play, and + snr nra THIS
against It for above reasons. T H
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
THE RIGHT TO HISS.

OF course the courts Of this country are not
bound to take judicial cognizance OF an opinion
handed down by Vienna court, whatever may be
our esteem for the Vienna wurst and the Vienna hot
roll At the same time there may be sort of moral
value to the fine of $2.l0 imposed by the Austrian
judge upon Herr Alt worthy man in the manufac-
turing line, who spoke slghtingly to Herr Dub PROM
inent in mercantile way, because the latter chose
to hiss when the former wished to applaud.
1t was at first night performance Of Papa"
that the esmabe burgers found themselves along
side of one another. Herr Alt enjoyed the perform
ance right heartily and expressed his delight in I'M
nistakable terms. Herr Dub was critical, per-
haps hypercrtcal. At all events he began to hiss
with great vigor, whereupon the first burger turned
upon him with the remark that kissing was low, a
sign of bad manners, and defective education.
For those bitter words Herr Dub entered sui,
for damages Just how much he asked is not stated
but the important point is that he got verdict The
presiding judge said, moreover, that kissing was just
permissible clapping, and that persons of excel
lent upbringing may legtmatey have recourse to il
when irritated, FOR instance by the SenseleSS ap
plause of the claque.'
Of course, the hired applause to which he re-
serred in his climax is not well known in thi:
country but there things equally irritating here
the insatiate encore for example-and plain, blum
men have never been able to figure it out why ap
plause should be applauded and kissing should bs
Kissed. Both natural demonstrations Of critica
estimate. The rules of certain playhouses which
prohibit kissing contain unconscious humor thar
the artists themselves can furnish forth, and have
frequently been pointed out the essence of incon
sstency But backed up by threat of arrest for dis
orderly conduct, the rules usually enforced Thu
disappointed one can only swallow his choler ant
write letter to the Mail Bag.
So far as we are aware, no one has ever suffere
himself to be arrested for Kissing and carried tn
case on to the higher courts for Rnsl decision. In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
ALL PROBABILITIES
FAVOR SHAKESPEARE

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
It seems to me that E H. Sothern
in his article in the January Munsey
has presented irrefutable evidence that
Shakespeare was shakespeare. and that
your correspondent, e. F. H. is an ig-
noramus. The Shakespearean builds
up his Shakespeare from the records
which still exist, a l-establtshed
history. upon which the student bases
his knowledge Of the past. He has no
reason to dispute the author, no more
than he would discount the fact, for
example, that King John was forced
called Magma Charta; because it Is
well and truthfully set down, attested
by famous and authentic writers. Thus
the Shakespearean is sustained by the
Is n a ns IN esnn 1ae
ly devised improbabilities. One might
choose TO deny. King John and the
Magma Charta, but people would smile
crank-a miserable infidel, and perhaps
might think what does It matter, any
way?" I'VE stand pat on our annals,
and have got the Magma Charta-" The
aea ao %S9a ePpy to ao sae
ter-we have the plays"--the difference
lies in the point that, inasmuch as a
tremendous prejudice existed for many
years years against the stage piay seo,p
or many of them, who antagonized the
work of ''mountebank;". hence they
eagerly grasped at the first shadow
which appeared as positive proof
that Shakespeare plays must have
been written by some one not an actor
-presnmably Bacon; They do not
Knowles. or H. ]. Byron. or Pinero.
etc, etc, all actors, or mountebanks,
and literary geniuses besides; these did
not enter into the question. In their
narrow circle 1t was decided that the
great Francis Bacon must be the au-
thor. TIE woman named Bacon, who
might or might not have been related,
and who came forth with her unsup-
ported assertion some fifty or more
years ago, that Francis Bacon, her
namesake, was in reality the great
playwright. sufficed for the doubling
neutrality-suspicious. by the crank
Ignatius Donnelly. and others of his
variety. There is also a Dr. owen who
has lately come to the surface of the
river Wye, among the other bubbles
LIONEL II. KEENE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
HASTENS THE ALL-STEEL CAR.

The fact that the car which carried the railroad
officials killed in the wreck the Illinois Central
was wooden car and was crushed to kindlng wood,
while the steel Pullman Immediately in front of it
wthstood the tremendous impact will emphasize
the public demand that, in contracting for future
equipment railroad companies take into consdera-
ton the capacity of the steel to stand up under
hard knocks
While this make of car is not a sure preventive
of railroad disasters, the best-informed opinion is
assured that it is an immense improvement on the
old type. If doubt remains the matter is of enough
importance to justify experimentation to get at the
facts. 1t ought not to be difficult to find out by
actual tests which car will best stand the shock
of collision without waiting to try it out on pas
sengers. 80
That railroads are adopting the steel car in
many instances seems to be satisfactory evidence
that they are convinced Of its WORTH The question
now is how far State and Federal Governments are
justified in fastening the introduction of the asteel
car. .r
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26

man drunk7''
Is Il when a police officer arrests a
man on the street for being drunk and
disorderiy7 He is taken to the station
no Use. tile charges are peferred against
him.. Next, day at Police Court, he
pleads guilty to the charge Of disorder
~ conduct. and H., fined, but denies be-
Ing drunk. and his lawyer asks for
proof: when 10 nan drunk?'' The
law does not define the word drunk. +"
nor. does It say in many worde, or any
words. when a man IL drunk"
Is 1t when q man 10 under the influ-
enee of the Col Of Bacchus. or in the
ranks of Old John Barleycorn, full OF
booze. or many other terms too numer-
QUA to mention?
How often have you heard this:
You're drunk:' II am not: well, you
have been drlnking:" II know have,
but ara not drunk"
20. you see. some vii: say man
y drunk when he isn't drunk. and when
he Isn't drunk he IT,
when Is a man drunk7'
w. p. RYAN.
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What's on the Program, In
Washington Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-St. John s,
No. IL, r. c.; Hope. No. 20. Royal
Star Chapters-Takoma, No. IL; Cath
The following I. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Central.
No. 1, and Metropolis, No. 16, regular
No. 4, and Miriam. No. 6. degree work.
The following knights of Pythias or
ganizations will meet tonight: Lodges
-Syracusians. No. 10, and Rathbone-
sisters-Rathbone Temple. No. ., bust
Drill Of artillerymen and cavalrymen,
Fort Myer, Va. p. M
School Association of the Eastern
High School, p. m.
Dance at the white House tonight.
Gallery instruction. Third Bat n;,nn;
Guard, Center Market Armory, s p. m.
INSPECTION Of First Battery. Field Artil-
lery. District National Guard. Missouri
1ras yes bW Major Charles r. Reynolds,
Medical Corps, United States Army,
OF the medical and hospital corps. Dis
trict National Guard. Center Market
Armory. ~.,
Annual banquet Of the National Geo
graphic Society. New willard Hotel
Public installation of Officers Of National
Hive No. /, Ladies' of the Maccabees
Of the World, Pythaabn an Temple eIas p ,s ~
Eastern High school. home Of Mrs.
Jesse Adkins, Quincy street. Chevy
ss Gnass. "RR Fl m Pride of YOUTH" DR.;
Abram simon, the Eighth Street
concer pt'ib S the Soldiers Home Band
Stanley Hall. $3.50 p. m.
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MAN FATALLY GORED; "
NO MENTION MADE

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
On December %, 1911. Charles ]. Bow
den, an inmate OF tho Government Hos
ptal for the Insane, was attacked by q
vicious bull at the COW barn. where he
was employed. receiving injuries from
which he died December q. Not q line
appeared IN any Of the Washington pa
pers. There have been several cases
that have resulted fatally to inmates.
which no Washington paper published,
but ! notice when some unfortunate
goes out and does some giddy little
turn the reporter gives him q half-col-
umn notice, magnifyinE IL 30 that ho
appears to be a maniac with q homi-
cidal ns ria. We agree with Congress
that the Government HOSPITAL fer the
Insane does not need investigation, but
q 'clean-out 1t does need badly.
SETE TURNER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
JUSTICE FOR LOW GRADE
OF CIVIL SERVANTS
To the Editor of THE TIMES.

TO the Editor of THE TIMES:
Kindly allow me some space in your
mai Bag columns to Illustrate the ab.
solute necessity Of the present Congress-
TO take favorable action in regards to
increase Of salaries toward the lower
grades OF civil service employees of the
Government in Washington. It IL a
very well-known fact, that private cor
porations and individual employees all
over the country have increased Their
employees wages from time to time as
the circumstances and conditions de-
manded 1t or else they were confront
ed with strikes in order to accomplish
the desired results.
or course, the Government employees
can not resort to such means to obtain
Justice. they are positively thrown upon
the mercy Of Congress
A favorable action on the part Of the
employer Will encourage the ambition
Of the employe to higher efficiency. but
the action on the contrary will surely
ploye.
The following illustrates that . man
with a family on q salary Of less than
at the very gate to the poorhouse, be-
cause on such q small salary he is not
able to save cent for q rainy day.
viz: II costs $40 to SIS per month for
cheaper rent in suburbs he pays the
difference otherwise; table for and
persons cannot be set for less than
81 per day the lowest. or at least $35
per month; bills for clothing. doctor bill.
Der Of other unexpected items are TO
be betrayed out Of about $l5 as the bal
plea cam nis resslve no eog
sideration; after the days work is con-
cluded. he can only sit down at home
reading a penny paper like prisoner
in jail.
It is well remembered that keeper
at the Zoo Park. named Rodney Rose,
after receiving medical treatment at the
Emergency Hospital for a bite from a
rattlesnake was publicly declared a
pauper because he could not pay the
hospital bill out Of his $50 monthly
salary; similar case occurred recently
at the same place. when q keeper
named James Dean was badly gored
by a buffalo bull and received treatment
at the same institution; q great salts
faction to q faithful Government en-
ploye A number Of other similar cases
could be cited by the writer. THANKING
you. ]. II. n.
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that. he perpetuates the practice to
future plutocrats. Who these may be
he does not know, but what ne does
know IL that he IL utterly unable to
direct their selection. Thus II IL that
the creation Of the plutocrat has q two
fold force In retardfng the race.
i The spirit that antagonists the alb
normally Of piutocratic environment
II known a. envy. and It 10 this szirit
that he's prevented the race from fall
ing into degeneracy ana retrogression.
II Il had not been thus useful It would
not have persisted. The precepts Of So
called morality that have been directed
against envy have been directed against
nature and the progress OF the race.
And this leads us to q consideration OF
II. II. SWEARINGEN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
SAYS SINISTER LACKS
SENSE OF HUMOR

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
w. Morgan Shuster shows lack Of
sense OF humor In representing himself
as martyr in the cause of Persian
nationalism. since he was an ardent adj
vocate while collector OF customs ut
Manila OF the inevitable destruction of
the nationalism Of the Filipinos through
the sales OF their lands to non resident
exploiters. Two years ago Mr.. Shuster
said at Lake Mohonk in behalf Of the
investors.
Il believe that a declaration at the
proper time by Congress OF the United
BE WITHDRAWN + h ON THE
ISLANDS FOR A PERIOD OF AT
LEAST FIFTY YEARS would
go far to reassure those who are al
certainty in which the future Of the
Philippines Is veiled."
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SAYS FATHER RYAN WROTE
LOVE AND LAUGHTER"

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Lying in the trenches one DAY ouHns
General McClellans peninsular cam
paign OF ION to Richmond" II was my
pleasure to read Laugh and the World
Laughs with Your poem which,
though written by Father Ryan, .
Southern sympathiser, 80 appealed to
me as to make me, for the nonoe, will
ing to forgive the author for what
deemed his pronounced sectional views
as arrant treason.
II now steems strange to hear Mrs.
wheeler Wilcox and Colonel JoySe
full poem, Love and Laughter"
HENRY w. JOHNSON.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
THE GAS MONOPoLY's PREDIcAMENT

The predicament in which the Washington Gas
Light Company finds itself as a result Of the in
creased earnings due to cheaper gas is almost
pathetic.
These increased earnings were the logical and
certain result of the reduction in the price, which
increased the quantity of the consumption II was
just such result as was frequently predicted by
The Times in its championship Of cheaper gas A
further reduction would result in further increase
in earnings
The Gas Monopoly entered into solemn agree.
ment to reduce the price of gas still further il last
years business proved that this could be done con.
sistently with fair return on a reasonable estimate
OF the value of the Gas Monopoy's investment.
Well, the facts show that it can be done on q
liberal estimate of the value of the investment.
Driven into corner by its own balance sheet
the Gas Monopoly replies evasively to the request
OF the District Commissioners for data showing what
may be regarded as reasonable value of the invest
ment. The company hardly has the face to give Out
its own opinion of itself
In the meantime the proposition to take over
the Washington Gas Light Company and the George
town Gas Light Company is being seriously dis
cussed wherever the subject is considered.
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CAN SUPPLY TABLE
ON $3.50 PER WEEK

TO the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Permit me to take issue with Mr.. Je-
rome May. In his letter e the Mail Bag
appearing yesterday, on the question of
economical living. It Is entirely possible
for a family of two people to live on a
weekly allowance OF $780, In fact, I
know Of a family Of four. two grown
folks and two children. whose table al
lowance is 1915 a week. and they have
two can certainly set "a table Of good
substantial food, and plenty Of II, pro-
vided there are no gluttons in the fam
ily, and they pay cash for the provis-
Ions, on weekly allowance Of the
e. WILSON.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1912.
NO GOLD IN NIcKELs

Had you noticed the scarcity Of nickels bearing
date Of 1911?
II appears that the rumor got abroad that gold
had crept into the metal Of that issue by mistake
and as consequence the fve-cent piece has been
going into hiding for quite while. There were Wis
ions Of sudden wealth the part of those who were
endeavoring to corner the supply.
Now comes the assurance on the part of Miss
Margaret Kelly that such thing would be absolutely
impossible. The dream is over, and the nickes are
coming forth from their hiding places.
But it illustrates the old adage that money is
the most sensitive thing in the world.
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DIFFICULT TO SAY
WHEN MAN is DRUNK

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
when is man drunk" Is It when
you see man coming along the street
In ziz-zag manner-first to one side,
then the other. humping into every
one any everything as he passes. beg
ging pardon In a naudlin manner. an
choring at the nearest, corner to lamp
+" and FRO, Ike a shin In Storm Is Thai
man drunk? / would say he was under
the influence Of liquorxintoxicated. in
etriated. or. maybe. Hck. But that
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deed, II might not be the wise thing to encourage the
form Of dsspproval in question. But the fact that
II was established legal might, nevertheless have
wholesome effect upon transformers and the mel
ancholy school Of humorists who allow the corn.
lands to languish while they are making misguided
contributions to art"
The body Of opinion will be on the side Of Herr
Dub and the Viennese judge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Monaghan at Guantanamo;
Portsmouth at Norfolk; Decatur al
Shanghai; St. Louis at Tiburon;
Justin at Coiinto.
Sailed--Caesar, Prutus, from Hampton
Roads for Guantanamo; Smith from
Nassau for Guantanamo; Buffalo
from Annoy for Hongkong, Nero
from. San Diego for Mare Island; .
Yorktown from GusyaQwl for Sansa
ElsRA hsS -, -. -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
NAVY.

Captain G. r. SALISBURY. detached
commandment, naval station. Guam;
home and wait orders.
Lieutenant w. l.. FRIEDEI4L, detsch-
s ed New Orleans; home and wait
LisvtARsat II r. JENSEN detached
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If every citizen in the District will scatter some
bread crumbs about the streets, lawns, and hedges
the birds will not find it so hard to live during the
snowstorms here. During the last snow hundreds
of birds we're found starved to death, because they
could find no food.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26
Amusements.

Relasco-"The Boss" S:lb o. m.
CoiumSia-Mrs. Fiske. S:l5 p. m.
Chase's-Polite Vaudeville. 2:l6 and Sis
p. m.
MISUNDERSTANDING, s:1b p. m.
Casino-Elite Vaudeville. 1880, 7:45. and
u. m.
Imperiai-Vaudeville. $50. 7:i5. and Q p.
m.
Cosinos-Vaudeville. 80 to II =. m.
Gayety-Big Dreamland Company, 2:l5
and Sis p. m
Lyceum-Yankee Doodle Girls. 2:l5 and
S:15 D. m.
Convention Hall-Skating and Dancing.
Arcade-Skating. Bowling. and Motion
PtctprsA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-26

Winter took its second breath today, and pre-
pared for another month Why not start now to
prepare for another ice carnival7
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Concert Today
BY the U. s. Soldiers Home Band
at $3.50 p. m.
JOHN s. M. ZIMMERMAN,
Director.

JOffN .. M, I'm MENMANN,
Director.
PROGRAM.
March, Sounds From the Orient"
Lincoln
Overture. 'Semiramide". Rossini
Paraphrase, 'Forsaken". :. Koschat
Selection, ut Happened In Nord-
: lana '....................... Herbert
Characteristic, 1.-THE Dancer of
basoau .'...............,...La Langley
Excerpts from THE Fair Coed"
Luders
Finale, Gretchen" ......... Martin
THE star-spangied Banner
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

New Orleans; home and wait or
ders.
Lieutenant e. s. ROOT, to Naval
Academy. Annapolis. Nd. Feb
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ARMY.

First Lieutenant LEON C. GARCIA,
Medical Corps. from IIetterman Gen.
eral Hospital. San Francisco. Cal, to
the Philippines division.
Second Lieutenant MALCOLM WHEEL
ER-NICHoLSON is assigned to the
Second Cavalry.
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TIMELY LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL BAG

neAnmbhm w sMM hk A written Hmm
n Address B DnOR r HI MMEa
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olsmniy ,h the ssmeat ssp sas ss
net nsurss reprsnt All vtvn: eliminated the
ssna ads purchasers or subscrbers rprn wAIkrR
OF So:
subscribed
j a. D. lua ALFRED HI0BIE. Notary Public
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DECEMBER OIROULATIoN

The number Of complete rnd
perfect copies Of The Washing
{sn Times printed daily during
She month Of December was a.