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The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Thinks q Theodore Would Be a God.
send to Cuba.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Our people are again called upon to
look after the troubles in Cuba. This
10 cur second attempt in assisting the
officials IT that country to maintain
order and protect our citizens residing
there. II costs US a good deal in money
and human lives to be doing this pro-
lection business so often, and then we
have no guarantee but that we will he
compelled to do this right along-acain
and again. Why not adopt the island
and its people, so that any expenditures
that may be required to keep down dis
tarhances will be in the nature OF
money spent In our own family OF pos.
SESSIONS.
1t has been demonstrated time and
again, and no one knows II better than
tho folks here, that the Cuban, people
are not capable OF governing them
selves, and all experiments along these
lines are useless expenditures Of time,
money, and the lives of our soldiers. A
weak government Is continually in
danger Of being overthrown. A strong
man, who possesses the confidence Of
the masses should be at the head Of
every country. A weakling never has
proved a success at the lead OF any
nation. Everybody wants the strong
and capable man, who is backed up
NY his own people. and in our country II
Is Theodore. 1t would be q god-send
for Cuba II she had Theodorr-like
the one who was accused of carrying
q "biS stick"-'the noblest Roman OF
them ALL" McCoNVEY.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
A MOTHERS PROBLEM.

Alarmed over the extravaganza that marks the
dressing Of high school girls, sixty of Cincinnats
socially prominent matrons have started reform in
which they themselves will set an example Of sim
plcity and modesty in dress.
May their numbers increase and their example be
followed in other communities. The overdressing Of
school girls, their growing habit to initiate the ex-
treme styles used by their elders, has led to many
evils
First Of ALL and deplorable in itself, it has robbed
the American nation Of the girl, in the literal sense
of that word. We now have children and young
women. There is no intermediate step between the
short, fluffy, kneelength dress and the party gown.
The nursery and the first beau next door to each
other The maiden standing with reluctant feet"
is a memory almost myth.
Then, too, the extremes to which girls Of the
school age have been permitted to 60 in dressing
has bred class distinctions snobs, shoddy arstocraoy
and kept many parent on the treadmill in order
that the girl might not appear at a disadvantage
among her schoolmates.
1t has been large factor in diminishing the
number Of girls who do not finish their high school
education. They simply cannot afford to dress as
other girls do, and they will not suffer the huma-
ton Of appearing at disadvantage. So pronounced
is this evil that in many places school authorities have
prescribed regulation gowns for graduation days.
Moreover, and worst of all, it has perverted the
minds of girls. 1t has given them misconcepton OF
what constitutes woman and womanhood. Fine OF
aashy clothes rather than a fine mind and modest
manners is their idea of being popular. 1t has en-.
couraged that most perncious of evils street gadding
practced at first merely in order to display clothes
and attract attention You never see girl plainly
dressed, becomes girls in their early teens apes
ing the streets.
The society women of Cincinnati have set abou
to correct an evil for which women are largely tt
blame and they have set about to correct it in the
quickest and most effective manner. A dozen such
examples is worth more than hundred suffragette
parades.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
WHY THE BEEF PROBE HURTS.

1t is very significant as circumstantial evidence
that at the very time the meat inspection bureau OF
the Department of Agriculture is under investiga-
ton, $4,000 pounds Of "embalmed beef" intended
for the marines sailing for Cuba should have been
condemned by the special navy inspectors after it
had passed inspection of the Federal inspectors in
the employ of the Department of Agriculture.
In this case, like many others that have reflected
upon the Department of Agriculture, the mott chari-
table construction is that somebody made mistake.
But mistakes in that department have become a
habit. The department does not seem to profit by
them and improve And the lamentable thing is they
always happen that the efficiency of the depart
ment is impaired the laws nullied, and the peo-
pie get the nub end of it.
1t is not Congressional investigations of the
meat inspection bureau that hurts foreign trade
is the persistent cropping out of such things the
refusal of packing house products by naval inspec
tors upon the ground that it is filthy and diseased
that hurts foreign trade. No person, institution
nation ever lost by making efforts to be clean.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
LACK OF LICENSE
TO RUN CAR COSTS
CAPITAL MAN $2.95
j. E. Donnelly Fined Mini
mum Amount by Rock
vile Justice.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. May 2s.-His fall
ure to have a certificate with him show
ing that he had obtained a Maryland
license to operate an automobile when
he was held up by w. A. Brooke,
Montgomery county's automobile depu-
ty, near Rockville, Sunday afternoon,
cost J. z. Donnelly. of<Washington, S215
In the police court here.
It was the minimum fine that could
be imposed, Justice Mace's leniency
being due to a representation by Mr.
Donnelly that he had been made to
understand by a deputy automobile
commissioner that such a license was
not re quired. The maximum fine In
such a case is $500, SO Mr.. iDonnelly
considers that he got Off easy.
William Thomas Allen, aged twenty
two. and Miss Mary H. Collins. aged
nineteen, both of Washington, were
married in Rockville yesterday by tine
Rev. g. r. White, of the Baptist
Church. as were Rembrandt p. Morris,
aged twenty-five, OF Covington, Pa, and
Miss Belva Lockwood Vance, of
knightstown, Ind, the home of the
moniess
John Hodge, colored, visited a festiv-
tty given by the colored people Of Olney
district few evenings ago. and while
under the influence of liquor used a
knife with painful results to no less
than four persons-Isaac Lincoln, Carrie
Lincoln, James Thomas, and Samuel
Pumphrey-none, however. being dan
gerously cut Hodge faced four charges
Of assault in the police court here yes
terday, and he pleaded guilty in all
four cases. Fines and costs aggregat-
ing $50 were imposed.
Frederick A. Koch, aged twenty-one.
Of Richmond, Va, and Miss Margaret
May Garrett, aged twenty, of Bagby,
Va, were married in Rockville by Rev.
Samuel r. White, of the Baptist
Church, at the home of the minister.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
MR.. BUSCHS SUNKEN GARDEN.

When that esthetic brewmaster, Mr.. A. Busch,
grew weary Of blowing the foam off his cup of hap
piness in St. Louis, he went out to Pasadena, and
like Tobit in the field of Ardath, sat down among
the flowers He expended the price of many brew
igs on the construction of a sunken garden. The
dryads and hamadryads who hid their shy Pentelican
limbs among the moonfowers and oleanders gave
realistic hint Of Eden before the fall Exotic creep
ers empowered the Italian pergolas and draped the
marble fountains The orchid was as the chick weed
for plentitude ... ..... .... ....
Pasadena was proud of the fact that Mr.. Busch's
sunken garden ranked with those hanging gardens of
Babylon which made Nebuchadnezzar famous even
before he attracted attention as a grazer Mr..
Busch was proud OF his garden, too, and, like his
Babylonian prototype, he is kingly sort of person
in the community where he has his laundry done.
So when the suggestion came up that it would
be good thing 20 strangle the Rum Demon and
outlaw the commodity by which Mr.. Busch had at
tanned to emnence, he remarked, loud enough tc
be heard by the newly enfranchsed feminine voters
that if the seltzer ceased to gurge and the Busch
auser ceased to flow he would close up his sunker
garden He was not quite certain whether he woulC
feed il to horned cattle or move with him to SAINTS
Monica. It was a cruel alternative with which t.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
BOURNE ASKS AID
FOR ELECTIONS PLAN
Progressive Leader Urges Friends
Of Direct Voting Amendment
to Get Busy.

Senator Bourne Of Oregon, as presi-
dent of the National Progressive Re-
publican League. today issued a warn
ing to the progressives to inaugurate a
campaign for ratification of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment for pop
ular. direct election OF Senators.
THE battle for the amendment Is not
won by passage of the resolution by
both houses of Congress, submitting II
to the States said Senator Bourne to-
day. at Is highly important that In
every State candidates for the legisla-
ture be pledged to vote and work for
ratification of this amendment. Thir-
teen States can defeat It. Thirty-six
must ratify it. Georgia's legislature
meets this fall and those of many other
States next January. 1t is sincerely
hoped national conventions OF both
parties will adopt a strong plank urg-
ing ratification OF the amendment"
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
CONGRATULATIONS TOLORIMER.

Senator Lorimer announces that he will not re-
sign. He proposes to stick, and to see his friends
and enemies stand up for the count.
On this decision the Senator is entitled to un-
qualified congratuation. 1t is act Of real patriot
ism 1t is distinct and obvious. service to the
country.
There are something over forty"Senators who
wlwote to keep Lorimer in his seat If they are
brought to the scratch and forced to vote, they will
be retired just fast the people get at them.
They are just exactly the sort of Senators who
ought to be retired. If Lorimer should now resign,
and save them from the necessity of voting, some
OF them might save their precious skins.
Therefore, the Senator is doing a noble and
patriotic service in staying by the ship till it goes
down-with all these on board.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
THE FARMER AS.BORROWER.

Be it far from us to attempt to belittle the in
vestigation now under way by foreign representa-
tives Of State Department to ascertain how the
American farmer may borrow money Of banks on
equal terms with the industrial, railroad, and munich
pal corporations 1t is said the investigation is GEN.
tering about the Credit Foncier of France and the
Landschaften Of Germany.
May we suggest that out West the farmer has
solved the problem by owning the banks, loanng his
money to big corporations and spending his winters
in Florida or California Might not depositions
Ibe taken in Kansas or Indiana, where farmers own
more automobiles than are owned in New York city
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

Southwest Washington and with utter
disgust we read the opinion of a man
who is supposed to teach the word of
God and then for this to uphold the SELL
ing Of beer, whisky, and all other In
toxicating drinks. Any priest or min
lister who encourages the sale of intoxi-
eating drinks or speaks in its favor
is a wolf In Sleeps clothes, and well in
his heart he knows 1t. He also is re-
cetving financial returns from these rum
sellers. or he would dare not say a
word In its favor, truly knowing the
torture, hell and torment 1t is creating
In this world. How much better II
would be for this man OF the Gospel to
keep this sinful opinion and ruinous In
fiuence of his to himself instead of pub
nshing 1t In the papers. SO that the
weak minded could not be influenced by
1t. How well drink exposes itself. How
well a man in the pulpit exposes him.
self when he defends booze and run
sellers. WILL CARSON,
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
TUESDAY. MAY 2s. 1912.
HERESY IN BABY-RAISINC.

Now comes the Chicago health department with
the startling information that the old-fashioned meth
od of taking care of babies is cruel and often fatal
Then follows lot of rules for the raising Of the
fashioned baby
After reading the bulletin the wonder is how
any Of those who joined in its PRONUNCIATION ever
yved beyond the teething period. The main trouble
with the new-fashioned baby, far as we are able
10 judge, is the lack Of old-fashioned mothers.
Let's quit worrying about postery and give a
little more concern to our ancestry
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER AGAIN.

Owing to the recent concessions granted the
miners it is announced that the public this summer
will pay an advanced rate for COAL instead Of being
granted the usual summer discount. II the demands
Of railroad employees, now pending, be granted, it
will increase operating expenses of railroads. several
millions, which will be finally shifted to the con-
sumer ...
The whole theory that we can allow some part Of
society a special privilege-be it increase in en-
poyes wages, protection for the employer or exten-
sions and improvements in public service corpora
tions-and make the particular beneficiary pay the
cost is falling to pieces. We have even progressed to
where we know the consumer pays the tariff that
protects our industries.
All reforms, improvements and special privi-
leges find their reason in the claim they benefit So
cey. If so, then society must pay for them. Max
ing improvements, legalizing special privilege, rails
ing wages and then charging it to the other fellow is
pretty theory, but it doesn't work out.
Senator Lodge may think the ultimate consumer
is a myth, but the billing clerk knows that he is the
only really substantial institution in the country The
fact that he foots all bills is being impressed upon
him with new force each day-and this alone makes
the greatest conservative force in the nation.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
lula Murdock Sees "7he Hypocrfes"
And DecrieS BroadneSs of the Lines

presence excellent, his voice metodious
and distinct, and his appearance all
TINT one couid Wish Of z stock &, na,,nri Leading
Not until he IL seen In some other play
VIII u he possible 70 say more.
Miss Marbury
Initiates Mrs. Fislke.
Miss Marbury as Mrs. wilmore. imi-
tntes Mrs. Fiske to such an extent that
II &c only necessary to shut ones eyes
and blot out the vision 'of Miss Mar
hury's exotic beauty to believe that
those short, staccato sentences deliver
ed with that peculiar .ntonation. are
from the lips Of Mrs. Fiske herself.
Mr.. Putterfield. as usual, oils TO per-
faction the part Of I.ennard Wilmore,
the son. who caused ell the trouble, and
highly bsanteous. but wronged heroine
of. the play, Rachel Neve. Miss Mel
willie f. excellent In the part of Helen
Plugenet. and Mr.. Forester scores IN
Counselor to the wiimore family.
Also figuring In the cast are Mr.. Lane,
as Sir John P1ugenet, Mr.. Clark as the
Rev. Edward paubnsy, Miss Havlin as
servant at the Linnells, and Miss War.
rem as Mrs. Blaney, the village busy
body, a character part in which Miss
Warren's delightful comedy possibilities
WeTo BiNch iuh oppoItuhity.
Significant Line
On the Program.
A line upon the program Of the Be.
lasco reads: "The policy of this com.
pany will be invariably to offer onl,
works OF the best authors. worthy, en-.
| tertaining plays, well acted and with
every detail OF scenic investiture com
plete."
OF the worth Of THE Hypocrites''
blush to speak. Perhaps am old-fash
ioned, but such matters as those talket
! about and persistently discussed in tn,
play were not mentioned when 1 wa
young.
Times have changed, however, sine,
| then. and possibly discussion of thil
| character is agreeable to some How
| ever. / should not take q sixteen-yea
| boarding school miss to see "The Hypo
| critics." even though II does preach
sermon. In spite Of our boasted liberal
| ity Of education and freedom Of speech
there are some things that are bette
left unsaid.
The play is beautifully staged, an,
| the action takes place in the little vii
| lage of Weybury, three OF the acts be
| ing laid In the residence of the VIII
mores, and the fourth In the home o
! JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Still Protesting Against Coarse
Granite in the Fairgrounds.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
understand there is an association
formed between the parents and teach
ers of public schools. Can not this asso-
citation take up the fight for decent
Fairgrounds and prevent any more
being fixed with coarse granite?
Thompson Is a fine building, the
teachers the best in the city. The
fault lies in the District of Columbia
officer who builds the grounds. / un-
derstand the Board Of Education pro-
tested against this method, but no
notice was taken. Can't The Times
help get proper play yards?
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Rockefeller to Take
Stand This Afternoon

NEW YORK, May s.-When the Mis-
Waters-Pierce oil Company, to prevent
the Standard Oil from securing control
of it was resumed here today, Samuel
Pierce interests, announced that he
would call John d. Rockefeller to the
stand this afternoon. The morning ses-
sion was devoted to the further examt-
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, who
gave further details of the hunt for
proxies for the men Rockefeller wanted
to elect directors Of the Waters-Pierce
Company.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Dies Suddenly.

Stricken with heart disease while In
the basement of the Southern railway
building, Thirteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, this morning,
Frank Palmer, colored cook on the pri-
vate ear OF A. p. Thom, general coun-
sci for the company, died just after
resemng the Emergency Hospital; Pai,
Missouri avenue northwest.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

Several things are suggested in THE
Hypocrites," which IL this weeks offer
ing Of the Butterfield Players at the Be-
lasco Theater. Henry Arthur Jones
wrote the piece, and In II he propounds
several unanswerable questions. II In
a play that concerns itself with "the
eternal triangle" introduces eugenics
among other problems, and discusses
without blushes things that nice people
do not discuss, except in the bosom of
their families. AS matter Of fact. II
should not have been play at all; for
even In Its most hopeful moments II is
merely a sermon, preached with living
examples, to- be sure, which helps to
tighten 1t somewhat. but a sermon new
ertheless.
II is a play that In which people of
that unclassifiei English social stratum
that lies between the upper class and
the great middle class. drink tea con-
tinually, and talk endlessly through
four acts, whereas the story might have
been told better and more satisfactorily
In one
Two Girls Love
The Same Man.
A highly nervous girl. and an ultra.
hysterical one, love the same man, whs
is decidedly not worth the love of any
nice girl. I am sorry to admit that
one Of the girls had loved not too wisel,
but too well. and she bounds sobbingl,
into the play in the middle of the frs
act, after everything had been NIGEL!
and conveniently arranged that tn,
young man should marry the other CIR
the girl with plenty Of money ant
social prestige.
OF course. the young man has n,
doubt that he can manage somehow I,
squirm out of his liasion with girl No
/, and that he can blind the eyes o
girl No. to his true character and hi
many lapses from virtue. His parents
nice, amiable people, assist him in thi
effort, though they preach morality an,
high living continually and persistently
This Is the story of the play, in whicl
Tor tho first time last night, the ney
leading msn OF the Butterfield Players
Franklin Richie. was seen in the par
nf the Rev. Edward Linnell. curats o
weypury. in this role he doled ou
any number Of cheerful thoughts o.
| weighty subjects, throughout the fou
acts Of the play like his stage pres
euce, and I dare say from the sampl
Of his work last night. he is an excel
lent actor. However. that remains I
be seen. Last evening he only preac ched
but his enunciation is clear. his stag
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Has Plan for Enabling Strangers
In Washington to Become Ac.


To the Editor of THE TIMES:
washington is the camping ground for
people from every part Of the earth.
Thousands are called here for Govern
ment service: they come as strangers
and frequently eke out a lonely exist
ance and live and die like exiles with
out making friends. People come here
to visit and frequently cut their visits
short because they don't know any
body. Girls, In their desperation, pick
up acquaintances on the streets. Now,
to end all this. propose to open a Mu-
tral Friendship Club. All who Join
will be of the highest type OF manhood
and womanhood- strangers will be well
come and meet refined people, indulge
periodicals. Who is in favor of this
move? 1t would attract visitors to the
city and be more pleasant for the
strangers now within our gates.
KATHLEEN LA VARRA,
p. o, Box 2414.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28


NAVY
Lieutenant Commander ]. p. MORTON,
to Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
Lieutenant Commander WILBERT
SMITH, to naval training station,
North Chicago, Ill.
Lieutenant A. s. ,WADSWORTH, de-
tached Montgomery, to Naval War
College, summer conference.
Lieutenant LUCIAN MINOR, detached
Chester, to Ohio.
Lieutenant G. A. BEALL. to Naval War
College, summer conference.
Lieutenant (junior grade) H. F. GLOW
Err, detached Montgomery, to Naval
War College, summer conference.
EnsiRn JOHN BORLAND. detached
Michigan, to connection fitting out
and on board Tanning when commits
stoned.
Ensign c. A. SCHIPFER, detached
Utah, to three months leave.
Surgeon ALLEN STUART. detached
naval disciplinary barracks. Port
Royal, S. c., to navy recruiting sta
ton, Atlanta, Ga.
Surgeon H. A. DUNN, detachsd Utah;
to 6olace. .
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
What's on tie Program IN.
Washfngtons7 Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Federal,
No, l. F. A; Acacia. No, Is. N. NJ; !;
ssp@a cSspteas-Mt Mt. Il Goreb. No Aoyai mark; ATSn
and Accepted Scottish Rite-Robert de
Bruce Council. Knights of Kodash,
business; Eastern sd,s,. Star Chapters
The following ]. o. O.. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Washing-
, ton. No. 6; degree work; Golden Rule,
No. 81, and Amity, No: "a. business.
Encampment-Fred d. Stuart. No. 4.
The following knights Of Pythias
lodges will meet tonight: Webster,
No. 2; Excelsior. No 4; Germania,
& No 1S Cspitsl svSt1oHG Mo; %i Myrtle tt No No z
X. o. T. M. Maccabee Hall. Georgia
avenue and Longfellow street north
west, tonight.
The following Red Men organizations
10, Masonic Hall, Tenleytown; Idaho
Tribe, No. Is, Northeast Temple,
Twelfth and II streets northeast; /;
seltese Tribe. No; ls Paperhangers'
and g streets northwest,
Mass meeting of the women of Park
View, to organize an auxiliary to the
5trsy Park yiew xyenSe zeh Christian Sburch
Park road near Georgia avenue.
Meeting of washington Council, No. 224
knights of Columbus, s p. m.
Meeting of committee to arrange for
celebration of fiftieth anniversary OF
the battle OF Gettysburg, the New Ra.
leigh.
citizens Association Masonic Temple
lpresentation of "As You Like It." by
the dramatic society Of Trinity Col,
TALKS on BIRDS and Their Songs" by
Henry Oldys, reading room for the
blind, Library of Congress, 2 p. m.
Amusements.
Natioral-Aborn Opera Company, II
"Harsel and Greter' and "CavalleriS
| Pous-Pon Players in "rhe Forum,
| Hunter 2:15 and s:15 p m.
| Coiumbia-C Players in "Wilt
| Fire" S:15 p. m.
| Belasco-Butterfield Players in 9TH
| Hypocrites," S:15 p. m.
| Glen Echo Park-Amusements for all
| Admission free.
i Casino-Elite vaudeville.
| Internationally vaudeville, / to II p. nj
| Cosmos-Refined vaudeville. to II D. m
| Arcade-Bowling. motion pictures, ant
other attractions.
| Young Buffalos Wild West, Fifteenth
| and II streets northeast, 2 and d. m
| Gentry Bros. Show, Sixteenth and |
streets northwest. and 5 p. m
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Thieves SURPRISED,

An unsuccessful attempt was made
early today by three young white men
to break into the building at 9O6 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest. Policeman
Gregor and Special Policeman Lloyd
saw the men trying to force the lock
on the front door about 2:30 o'clock.
The would-be housebreakers ran when
they saw the policemen.