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The Washington times., 1912-12-18
Pupin to Austria.
Kate of Ballynacrazy
By Eugene Geary.

To see her tfiippin' across the green
sich a colleen niver was seen.
Do yez think ia say she looked like
queen?
Troth. I wouldn't do that to PLACE ye!
For where's the queen of fame an
renown.
Wild her golden crown consailin'
frown.
Could boast of such curls an eyes so
brown
As Kate of Ballynacrazy?
I've oft heard tell OF the sons Of Mars.
Home from the wars. covered Wild
scars.
In every country undher the stars
But their throubles wor few an aisy.
Compared wild the woe In this heart OF
mine.
Achin' an breakin' In rain or shine.
Ochone, Like this must l always pine
For Kate of Ballynacrazy?
I wint TO her cot where the smoke curls
My darling to view. Sure. what could
do.
But tell her the love In my heart 20
thrue?-
An what she did would amaze ye.
She rose from her wheel-could yez
only sec
Her roguish glance. such plague is
she
Then kissed her mother-an' looked at
me
Sweet Kate OF Bailynacrazy.
All! then. Kate athore, It's your great
brown eyes
Can bid me arise an Danish me sighs.
Did veg ever know. darlin. how fast
Time flies?
An 'twon't do now to be lazy.
Wan little word will end me woe:
Come to me. sweetheart: whisper it
low
Mavourneen. l knew that ye loved me
SO,
NV Kate Of RallynacraZy
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MAIL BAG
Wants . Two.and.a.Half Cent Coin.
From TIE Times Readers

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
As there has been considerable agita.
tion for a k-cent coin. would like
to suggest that. as there Is hardly
enough h-cent business to warrant a
coin Of that denomination. why not the
coming OF 2it-cent coin? With It
change could always be made TO the
Il cent and about one-third as many
~ cent coins az there are pennies
would be necessary only.
I would suggest further that they be
made OF the same metal as the pennies
and only slightly larger and OF hex
agonal shape. Thus they could be
stamped from the metal without any
waste and when stacked up or side
by side would fit into each other. which.
l think. will prove advantageous.
The Times. being a progressive Jour.
nal. Judge to be the one most entitled
to print progressive ideas. II this can
be called progressive idea. then 1t Is
Of some value. and am always trying
the best ! can to make myself valu.
able In the most effective way l can.
EDGAR FULLER.
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
HEARSTS LETTER FILE.

Mr. Hearst relieves considerable amount of anxiety by
publishing the rest of the letters passing between legislators
and representatives of special interests and then coming
into his possession Statesmen will longer sver in fear
that Mr. Hears collection of correspondence contains
thing compromise them They know that the Hearst
ammunition of this kind is exhausted and they breathe
freely
The publication of these letters by Mr. Hearst has had
very wholesome effect American politics. They have
revealed very large part of the machinery of invisible gov
ernmen To show this mechanism in working order opened
the of the public to great deal that had only been
guessed at
Much has been said about the methods employed bring
the Hearst series of letters to light Mr. Hearst
cused of having forged of them. That a silly
charge which went to show how severely lot of people
hurt by the exposure.
The public has been far interested in what in
the letters than how they provdentay fell into the hands
of the publisher.
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Washington was a General-At Least
This Correspondent Says He Was.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Mrs. Isabel Warrell Ball in a letter
In The Mail Bag OF The Times, this De-
cembcr Il. 1872. tells you plainly that
you erred recently In placing the
Father Of his Country In the columns
OF the generals OF the nation. and the
editor OF The Mail Bag apologetically
says: THE Times mistakably called
Washington a general. but then nearly
everybody else makes the same mis-.
take"
But It is not mistake. Washington
was a general. Yes, sir. every inch Of
him too, and among the greatest, said
Frederick the Great.
II ! may do 80 again. though some
body. whose name have forgotten, par
don me. once tried to ridicule me for 1t,
take from 4 shelf Of my library IA book
(the very one, too. that ruffied the gen.
tleman whose name has escaped mel,
entitled, journal Of the Proceedings of
the Continental Congress. Held at
Philadelphia. May 10. l775. Published by
Order of Congress-" ana at page seven
ty-seven. find that the Congress
RESOLVED. That q committee of
Ave be appointed to prepare rules
and regulations for the government
OF the army.
That WAS on June II. ITO. Just two
years before Congress created the ma.
tion's beautiful fag-the Stars and
Stripes; Old Glory-of which Mrs. Isa-
bel Warrell Ball has been a most noble
defender against It's Dissertation.
And the next day. June 15 that COM
mittee reported and the Congress
RESOLVED. That q general be ap-
L pointed to command all the CONT
mental forces. raised or to be raised
for the defense OF American liberty.
That Ave hundred dollars per
month be allowed for the pay and
expenses Of the general.
| The Congress then proceeded to
the choice Of a general by ballot, and
| George Washington, esq, was unani-
mously elected.
Then. the next day. June 49, at page
seventy mine, of the Journal, Is this:
| The President informed Colonel
| Washington that the Congress had
| yesterday unanimously made choice
Of him to be general and command
er-in-chief of the American forces,
and requested he would accept that
employment. A. J. G.
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CHEER UP
By {. l.. Cullen

- LEEING Most Kinds Of Trouble
Il Ia Like Laying Down to a Pair
of Deuces-and Once in q Life
time Is Enough for That!
That Calm Before the Storm Is the
Little Piece OF Time Given You to Get
Ready!
Yesterday Train We we're on WhiS-
zed by an Old. Old Cemetery-and how
the Trihing Little Bothers did Shrink!
Better Wear Out than Rust Out-and
Recipe!
There's as Much Malassimilation of
Ideas in the World as there Is Of Food:
II Looking Backward Arouses Self
Reproachful Recollections instead Of
Mellow Memories. don't Turn Around!
Life's Problems look So EASY when
they Lie Behind Us. 50 Difficult when
they're Looming Up in Front!
We Hope It Isn't a Sign OF Inherent
I.awlessness. but Somehow we Always
| Hate to Read of the Recapture OF a
Fellow who has Made his Escape from
! Prison!
If you Imagine that you're Getting
Raw Deal. Consider all the Coin the
! Hen makes and Doesn't Get-and be
Comforted!
II We Had to Pick between Courage
and Tenacity. we'd Play. Both all Three
Ways across the Board!
Whenever We Hear Fellow say that
Rome wasn't Built in a Day. we have
q Hunch that hes Loafng on the Job!
I No Real Man ever has any Genuine
Occasio to Feel that he Must Choose
between Squirming and Stampeding!
The s,lliest and Most Injurious Slogan
OF Recent Times is II should worry
| because II Employs II Verb for which
the World is Seeking an Eliminant!
| rrudse on-a Whole Lot of the Other
| Fellows are Harness-Sore, too!
II YOU are Taking the Obesity Cure
and therefore are Afraid to Laugh, why
J Just Smile!
Self. Satisfaction and Self-Analysis alb.
| solutely do not Go Together, except In
the Person OF a Victim Of Egomania!
Better to Move In a Groove than to
get Rooted In a Rut!
Opportunity rarely stoops to Impor'
tunity!
Looking Back. We can Recall few
| Ijes that were Worth While!
Hatred Handicaps the Halter!
| "
II YOU can't Gaze Squarely at your
Reelection when Taking That Good.
| Night Slant at yourself Before Turn.
ing on the Light your To-Day contains
something that Needs Rectifying To-
Morrow!
Charge up the Bad Breaks to Profit
and LCss-and then Lose that Ledger
Better Blaze Away at the Moon thar
Miss Fire Altogether!
II you let 'em stampede you ONCE
they'll Succeed In Doing II Again!
Never FORGET that Poor Old iona!
himself was Degurgitated!
Success Consists Largely In Gettine
Away with the Rating that we Civ,
Ourselves!
We don't Claim to Belong to IN,
Speed Sodaiity, but Nobody has A soil
tary Thing on us when 1t Comes I,
Backing Away from Boo.hooerI
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HERE'S A BOOK

One of the most efficient of recent
publications Ia the Scientific American
Reference Book. edition OF 1913. COM
piled and edited by Albert a. Hopkins
and A. Russell Bond. The subject mat
ter Of this reference book has been
divided. the first containing all the
statistical information and the second
the scientific information.
Mr.. Hopkins editor of the Scientific
American Handbook OF Travel. etc.
has arranged the data which comprises
part one. and which includes a COM
parative compendium OF statistical in
formation on population. agriculture.
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geology. railroads. telsgraphy, tele.
phones, etc. Part two is compiled from
scientific information concerning cham.
istry, astronomy and time emteoroloxv.
etc. edited by a. Russell Bond.
This reference book IL most useful
comps Mon for the desk or library, not
only on account Of the VARIETY OF sub
jects covered with such accuracy. hut
has added value from the fact that
every available parsonage has been an
prouched and every reliable sourc.
sought for the information between its
covers.
Mum & Co., Inc, New York, are tho
publishers.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Grand lodge-An-
nual meeting. Royal Arch Chapters
Columbia. No. /. r. A: Brightwood.
No. 9, business. Knights Templar-Po-
tomac Commandery. No. 3. business.
Eastern Star chapters-Areme. No. 10;
Electa. No. ., special.
The following !. o. o. +. ORGANIZATIONS
will meet tonight: Lodees-Eastern. No
7: Federal City. No. 90. and Harmony.
No. 0, degree work: Friendship. No. u.
business Encampment-Mt. Nebo, No
6, degree. Rebekah degree-Martha
Washington Lodge. No. 3.
The following National Union councils
will meet tonight: Treasury. No. 90;
Congressional, No. 500.
Reception to the members Of Engine
Company No. ~. under the auspices
Of the Petworth Citizens Associa-
First concert Of the season Of tho
Motet Choral Society. the Columbia
Theater, 4:3O p. IN.
Meeting OF the Sons OF the Revolu-
ton, Rauscher's, s p. NJ.
Lecture on children Of the Soil.' by
Thomas 4. Daily. Mcmahon Hall.
Catholic University, S p. m.
Concert by the United States Soldiers
Home Band. Stanley Hall. $3.50 p. m.
Smoker of the freshman class of the
National University Law School. the
New Ebbi,t. tonight.
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sleep.
The mad
dest man we
ever saw had
just opened a
box of match
es up S i d e
down in the
dark.

d. !. B.-to date our most consistent
contributor-comes to bat with an OBJ
lection to the references In Black
birds" to the middle Western method
of speaking our national language. It
Is his contention that the middle West
speaks as good an English as the middle
East or the middle North or the middle
anything else. All right, u. I. B.. we'll
agree to anything.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
THE PAPERS SAY
By John L. HObble.

attacked By thieves" When q
man is taking his Leave of Wall
Street he is poor picking for
the common variety of thieves.
young man goes through
college on IS cents a Week."
zone million dollars spent ON
ThaU." The college man must
realize ho,U Worthless he ap-
pears IN the eyes of this golden
world
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
THE JUDGES AND THEIR INFLUENCE.

The connection of eminent and respected members of the
courts with local insurance promotions which to be in
vesgated by Congress has raised the delicate question of
the rights of these gentlemen to loan their and nfu
to business ventures in process of development No
acquainted with the judges would intimate that they
would participate in questionable undertaking. it
established that the insurance companies involved have done
unlawful act 1t established however that the high
professional positions of the legal gentlemen have been used
in advertising matter and traded in the placing of
stocks We that the judges the inadvisablty
of allowing the frher of their for advertising
purposes Their right invest money in promising ventures
is undsbued Their right to loan the of their official
positions for any promotion purposes whatever has already
been in hundreds of other than their
dangerous and consequently undesirable.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
rieU
OF one IN the gallery:
Out of all them, only you
Really earn your salary.

Another thing brought TO our atten-
tion as a galleryite was that we we're
not permitted to read newspaper.
even during roll call Our idea OF cruel
and unusual punishment Is sitting still
through forty-fve minutes OF House
roll call. And the only other expedient
slecD
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THE UNDYINC FIRE.

recent editorial in the New York Times levels this
characteristic objection at such progressive the
initiative the referendum and the recall:
They may q deceptive they
public attention and interest them, but
when these die out the grip Of the politicians will be found
tighter thnn
Which reveals biological and historical misconcepon
of the force in human affairs implied by the term public
attention. Public attention is not like infant that reaches
maturity and then slips into doage It suffers from
artero-sclerosis Public attention is perennial law of
that call civilization If progressive legislation depends
only upon public attention. its success is assured.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18

Later: We just have discovered that
there are no facilities on the roof Of
1.-THE Times" building for flashing the
various signals. Fortunately. how
ever. this does not in any way inter-
fere with the foregoing announcement.
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Maybe that's the answer.

The inaugural Craftsmanship
announcement will be made to-
day, without fall. In the event
OF Mr.. Jordan's selection a green
light will shine from the top OF
'"rhe Times building: a red
light II Mr.. Harper be success
ful and q blue light for Mr.. Cox.
Should the announcement be
postponed. darkness will pre-
vail,
The Washington times., 1912-12-18

We note with regret that the Monday
Evening Club has adopted a blanket
resolution favoring fewer saloons In
the District. 1t should have been a
joint resolution.
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3 s@|})%eISSSd5a50v '@)%SSd 3

who only get us in wrong with my
frends-my REAL friends;
II simply won't be caught that way
berry-for l despise Irene 30 that
wouldn't have the patience to write her
that have had one experience with
her. her and ao,n her sister. and that once is
Mr.. Jarr brutally cracked soft
boiled egg amidship. but said nothing.
AFTER what they did to make trouble
between Jack silver and Clara Mud
Smith shouldn't remember that she is a
married woman and Jack Silver 10 a
bachelor-I would Just as lief have SER
pents Kissing on my hearth as have
those &C., c,,cklebsrry sn girls here occupying
night when they think we are all asleep
and going through my things.
More Curiosity
Than Honesty.
Il hate to say it. but I've missed a
silver-handled button-hook. and all I've
got to say Is that those who will ram
sack ones belongings haven't as much
honesty as they have curiosity!'
Mr.. Jarr.. having entered the natural
defenses OF the egg and taken posses
sion Of the interior without resistance
from the egg. passed his cup tor more
coffee. But still We made no comment.
Mrs. Jarr; Il hope you are not disap-
pointed that I do not entertain your
mo friends OF mine, the PHILADELPHIA
aappers." said Mr.. Jarr. careiessiy.
Well; you were mighty sweet to them
when they We're here. You took them
to the theater. I noticed"
You went along said Mr.. Jarr.
'Oh: you were angry because l in
truded, were you?" asked Mrs. Jarr.
well. please excuse me. I'll know bet.
ter next time! But'-here a grim ex.
preston came to her countenance-
with the Miss Cackelberrys there isn't
going to be any next time!
Must Remember
Important Case.
Il suppose this Is their reply to my
letter of the other day. thought 1t
best to write a sweet letter to them. as
It is getting near Christmas. and they
might remember how they Imposed oi,
us for two weeks and send something
nice to me and the children. 1t was the
least they could do. Now they write in
rocently hinting they want to come on
| to New York to shop for q few days.
That means. as plain as day, III
you'll turn your home into a free board
Ing house for us for a week well buy
| cent store
But it's strange they do not mention
my letter that ! gave to You to mail!''
Mr.. Jarr turned pale.
"You never mailed it?' cried Mrs.
why. no, my dear" replied the for
getful wretch. "It's in my pocket. But,
you see, ] remembered the suffrasettes
pousps psosS fsa /" repaG ,ns ma" Mrs 11xeS arr
that's in England. Oh, well. suppose
I'll have to write them and invite them
over"
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THESE ARE MY PEOPLE"

being further descriptions Of those
who advertise for life partners)
Horace: II know the very man. He
eats hot apple pie.'
J. D.: "Ile is the man who has his
hair cut round In the back"
S.: HE eats with knife"
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ITS NEXT ON THE LIST.

G.. 8. K-When you succeed In per-
suading laundries to quit turning COL
lars. will you see see what you can do
about their starching towels?
CLARENCE.
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s!I[Eke@
MRS. JARR GETS SAD
NEWS AT BREAKFAST

IN ADMIRE their impudencc!' said
- Mrs. Jarr coldly. and she tossed
a letter she had just finished
reading beside her plate at the
breakfast table.
It dropped on pile OF other enve-
lopes. Mr.. Jarr knew they must he bills
and that no mail whatsoever had come
TO the house for him this morning.
Mrs. Jarr always read his letters f'rst.
The rest. Mr.. Jarr surmised. must be
When he had mildly objected afore-
times to her procedure as regards HIS
letters she had always gazed at hin,
and asked II he were In the habit OF re-
ceiying letters his wife should not read'
Rangle, and other friends II their wives
did this when letters came to their
houses for them. They said Yes.
Watching Mail
Unwritten Law.
The right Of witely scrutiny of all
nusoandly mail Is the unwritten law OF
matrimony. The bride mentally con.
centrates upon this approaching pre-.
rogative at the line with all my world.
iy goods ! thee endow."
The worldly goods Of most young mar.
rted men are the clothes they stand In
the installment-plan furniture In the the
wives expect they'll get.
Busted with these reflections, Mr.. Jarr
made no comment At which Mrs. Jarr
remarked:
"Oh. Of course you know the letter Is
from your friends. the Miss Cackel-
When Mrs. Jarr said YOUR friends
he knew the young ladies In Philadel.
phia must be in her black books.
They want to visit us again: The
my house again! They say It's shop
ping; but ! know It's husband hunting
Well. all I have to say Is that ! an
husband hunting for no one. did ndt
my best for Clara Mudridge-Smith, anc
, much thanks I got!'
! "Yes. ! suppose you have no time fol
company Just now" ventured Mr.. Jar
i his good lady. with a mirthless Iaugh
People that appreciate, what ! do fo
them-people who will do something II
| return-is a different matter. But I an
, through with putting myself out, up
| setting my plans and my home and go
Ing to the trouble and expense Of enter
tanning people who are not grateful
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Amusements.

National-"The Pink Lady," 2;15 and
S:l5 p. m.
Columbia a-"Blackbirds," s:l5 p. m.
Bella asco-"The Drcne." 2:l5 and S:l5 p. m.
Chase s--Polite vaudeville. s:l5 and Sis
p. m.
Poii's-vaudevllle, afternoon and even-
ing.
Academy-"The White Squaw," Sis
u. N.
Cosmos-Naudcville.
Casino-Naudevlle.
Lyceum--"Grls from Joyland." 2:l5
and s:l5 p. III.
Gayety-"Cracker Jacks" els and s:l5
p m.
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((D Ian to bring jobs and
idle men together.
This is eractly What
many idle men Wish to avoid."
"Turkeys aciU be higher"
"Turkeys more plentiful than
asual." The supply is so large
the dealers must raise the price
to pay the ertra cost of hand
ling.
"Man Leaving Wall Street
The Washington times., 1912-12-18

The prospective drop In butter might
be referred to as an Elgin movement,
The Washington times., 1912-12-18

And o. Henry must have had just
such a man In mind when he spoke
OF those for whom the 'answers-to-
correspondents column and the Be-
ware Of pickpockets' signs are made"
The Washington times., 1912-12-18

The army aviation corps Is asking for
volunteers.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
THIS. FOR EXAMPLE.

Sir: We stand for G. 8. n; would
you mind telling us what g. g. x
stands for? N. B. B.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18


pennies In hunger and yet take the little
money and spend 1t in the movies In
stead Of for food. One case in particu-
Tar he himself gave q dime and saw
the poor. starved looney creep around
the corner into a movie. Then the
policeman went IN and pulled him out.
Cherub With Deaths Head.
There's a strikins> alteration Of an
tique art IN the Iktrance to an art
shop in Thirty. seventh street. On ~
capital Of a Corinthian plaster. evident.
iy picked up from the ruins Of some
riorentine paiazza. is the ngure Of what
seems at first glance to be a cherub Of
the kind that Raphael made famous.
When you look at II closely. however.
you find between the wings not the
cheerful, full-cheeked head OF q child
but a gaunt deaths head. What artist
played the CHASTITY trick? What bad
dinner caused him to substitute the
symbol Of grim mortality for that OF
happy childhood? wus the deaths head
tho original conception. or was It an
afterthought Of the artists caprice? The
grinninR mouth Of the deaths head VIII
never tell.
Liberator OF Bulgaria.
DR.. George washburn. president
emeritus OF Robert College. In Con-
stantinople. is the sort OF man that 10
to be found at rare intervals In his
tory. DR.. washburn. who is spending
few days In New York. Is young
octogenarian with the spar,;ling eyes
of youth and the keen mind Of middle
age. In Bulgaria they mention the
name Of washburn with affectionate
reverence, for 1t was washburn. who.
In the course OF his nifty years connec-
ton with Robert College, turned out the
men who have made Bulgaria an aston.
ishing power IN war and IN diplomacy.
Ivan Evstratief Gueshen. the able
premier at Sofia. Is one Of Washburn's
pupils. DIR. Dimitroff. the permanent
under secretary OF 1Sreisn fore 1ysn!s aTa'SS W,o. Q.
Of Bulgaria is pientifully besprinkled
with the names Of other pupils OF the
grand old man OF Massachusetts and
Robert College.
Pupin to Austria.
Michael Izvorsky Pupin. Serb Of the
Serbs. stirred the great gathering OF
Austrian Slavs in Carnegie Hall the
other night to a wild yell Of derisive
delight. In warning New York inves-
tors against subscribing to the Aus
| trian loan he called attention to the
advertised inducement that the e. bonds
trian government. Yes. said the
| scientist. looking his audience over
with twinkle in his eyes. Tho
bonds will not be subject to tax by
after the next war is over. there won't
| be any Austrian government to tax
them!'
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Neither do wo.
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TO CHAMP CLARK.

Speaker, here's the earnest
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IN GOTHAM
WAaf BroadsOay Is Talking A60St
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.
POLICEMAN IL dead sure that
a passion for movies can de-

n velop into stark madness. He
says on several occasions he has
seen grown men and woman begging
pennies In hunger and yet take the little
money and spend 1t in the movies In
stead Of for food. One case in particu-
Tar he himself gove q dime and saw
the poor. starved looney creep around
the corner into a movie. Then the
policeman went IN and pulled him out.
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g. 8. K.