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The Washington times., 1913-12-12
GUARANTEEING BANK DEPOSITS.

Ii is difficult to believe that guarantee of bank
deposits can be written into seriously considered
piece of national legislation. If it does get in, there
will be justification for fear that getting back
toward that hysteria which committed a good many
people to financial fallacies, a few years ago. that
they would hardly want to defend today.
Character is the basis of credit in the banking
or any other business. Government guarantee that
eliminates the necessity and the value of character
asset would be ruinous. Itwould encourage, even
indorse and underwrite, the most reckless kind of
speculation in the guise of banking.
How the guarantee of deposits would actually
work is exceently analyzed in an editorial in the
Journal of Commerce, which puts the thing in its
simplest human terms:
Suppose Deacon Jones and Deacon Brown preside
rival banks in N.Y. town. Deacon Jones is man
character. honesty and sincerity who regards the
safety of his depostors money the first consideration
and who wold regard speculation with his depostors
money henous crime. Deacon Brown on the other
hand has record of three failures behind him.
has speCuated with his and other peoples funds
his feet for the time being at the head of
bank put there possibly by people who wish to
the bank and enlarge its deposits that the bank fuuds
may he put Ito promotion speculative enterprises
in which they and Deacon Brown jointly interested
Deacon Jones says he will pay per cent for money
deposited call and per cent for money deposited
time and that bank safely afford to pay more
Deacon Brown promptly bids l per cent higher Tor
deposits
Now, suppose the church funds and the missionary
funds are to be held or deposit until needed and the
question up which bank-the bank OF Deacon
Jones the bank of Deacon Brown? If both men
stand squarey their feet the money goes to
Deacon Jones and the hank OF character entitled deal
in credit Put if deposit in both banks is guaranteed
by by the nation the deposit must to the
paving the highest rate OF interest And to that
extent Deacon Jones is out of business and Deacon
Brown gets away with the funds and the church. the
Government and all the depositorS have been guilty OF
an immoral hus;ness-partnershp with unworthy men
partnership promoted directly by the Government
antee.
Deacon Brown is apparently successful for time in
paying and per cent for money which he loans to
adyenturers and spectators jointly interested with him
self 1t is only question of time when he is superseded
in the XYZ village by daring and reckless
than himself who bids yet l per cent higher for de-
poss takes greater r!sksal under the protec-
ton Government guaranty OF deposits removing
individual responsibility from the depositor and pro-
noting speculative immoral and iniquitous banking.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
THE ANTI-VIVISECTIONIsTs,

That was cruel bit of common sense that a
speaker hurled into the midst of the anti-vivsecton-
lists when he suggested that ladies wearing furs
were giving counenance and encouragement to quite
as cruel a treatment of dumb animals as were the
VivisectorS
If he had mentioned the wholesale cruelty of de-
berately raising fine, fat pigs and beeves for the
express purpose of killing them, he would have EN-
phasized bit And to think of doing all that when
there is high authority for the contention that we
would all be better o-in purse and person alike
if We would quit eating meat!
Now We are assured, further, that the wicked
doctors experiment on human beings we'll as ami
mails. OF course they do mores the horror of it.
Ienner had TO vaCCnate particular person first,
and it wicked shame. If he hadn't been per-
mitted ever TO try any particular person first it
never would have been perpetrated on any of us,
and we would yet enjoy the high privilege of dying
from smallpox.
Likewise with, say the diphtheria anti-toxn 1t
IS among the greatest outrages against the business
interests of the undertakers, and the sensbites of
the anti-vivsectionsts, that experiments with this
fearful concoctiOn were permitted
BY all means, let's become vegetarians and quit
trying to learn anything at all The world would be
such quiet sleepful place, entirely suited the
purposes of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and other tories.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

y
OST wipes apt a gnat-hke fb and sn1llow
M camel of falsehood.
Lope-th makes actually enjoy hearing girl sing
and girl actually enjoy hearing talk about himself
There of definitions of the limit of possibility but
the ultimate you
loved that anything he might do could You
lore him.
As soon as succeeded inducing
ensib wH look her he begins
he married her.
regarding 'woman" and his tastes women
are so different abstract he adnies orth, intelligence
nobiv but in prefers of paradise
wren luxury necessity, decoration inspiration sweet
meats to erueL and incense common sense.
clever finds interesting to study but Mise
poman keeps interested in studying her
Brains beauty impossible combination
not necessarily impossible FIND, but impossible to live NTH
things the pockets mans last fishing
dreamed of in THY philosophy Carce!
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
LIGHTING THE TOWN BY DAY.

At 4:30 yesterday afternoon an interested and
inquisitive citizen dropped into The Times office to
inquire the time O.; day. Consultation of the Post
Office clock provided basis for moderate presump-
ton that it was 4:29. The presumption was re-
enforced by the testimony of number of dollar
watches that were put in evidence.
Il just wanted to know" explained the citizen,
because | notice that the Avenue is all lighted up
like New Year Eve celebration, while the sun is
still shining brightly"
He was right. Eighty-hve-cent gas was burning
away diligently, with possible excuse for it unless
it be that the big sunspot lately discovered is spread
ing so fast that it threatens to obscure the face of
Sol without notice.
Can't Messrs. Johnson and Prouty discover con-
nection between this phenomenon and the dsposi-
tor of Washington to rob themselves and the Gov
emment just for the sake of pure cussedness?
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
ALESSON FOR PARENTS.

When the politician and tine book agent COM
bine to run the public schools of city or county
or State there is certain be trouble for the men
and women in the schools who trying to do their
duty honestly and conscentiously. BY the same
TOKEN this combination of greed and corruption re-
suits badly for the children vino forced to depend
upon the public schools for their education.
Chicago seems to be going through an expert
ence which holds tremendous lesson for the aver
age man or woman interested in the public schools,
and everyone with child i'll the schools ought to be
interested. Ella Flagg Young, whose name is a
SYNONYM among those best qualified to judge for ef
fective educational methods, has been forced out OF
her position head of the public school system, and
even the mayor of Chicago, himself a politician has
been compelled to denounce the methods by which
the men who ousted her-rnen whom he himself ap-
pointed to their offices-accomplished their most i'll
advised task.
Miss Young has been vgilant guardian of
the rights of the pupils. That means she has pro-
ected the rights of the parents-the people who pay
the school bills. Evidently, however, she forgot the
sc!oos not usually for the benefit of the pu
pills and in the interest of those who pay the bills.
Back of them sinister but all-powerful, poll
tcians who want the right to appoint teachers, and
book agents who demand that their publications shall
b. used
Chicago is not the first city in which combina-
ton of politicians and book agents has succeeded in
overthrowing merit in the interest of political pull
and business greed But the Chicago example of the
power of politics and business, involving as it does
decapitaton of such noted educator carries les
which should be taken to heart by parents every
where VINO seek the best kind of schooling for their
children and who have interest in politics and
much less in helping book agents to peddle their
wares.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
MAIL BAG
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
(From The Times Readers.)

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
There has been at different times dis
cussions as to the pay of clerks; that
their salaries which range from $500
and upwards are too small to meet the
present high cost Of living. 1t Is an
evident fact that the cost Of living has
advanced with remarkable rapidity and
that salaries have remained at stand
still for many years The present sal
aries of Government employees are low.
and when men who draw $4,000, 5000,
and $4,000 per annum say they cannot
live on their salaries. what do they
! think of the man who draws s720 per an
mum? Would IT not be well and a good
idea IL Congress get busy and investi-
gate why it is that the low salaried
employe is not paid living wage? Are
not our children and wives just as dear
to us as the wives and children OF the
5000 man? Don't we need clothes for
our families and ourselves, and do We
not have to pay doctor bills, grocery
bills, etc, just the same as our high
salaried brother, or do We have these
given to US free OF charge, and just
for the asking?
! will say that If as much attention
was paid to the low salaried employe as
there woulI be less dissatisfaction in
the ranks of the underpaid.
We do not ask for any more than q
living salary, and one that We can edu-
cate our children on and do for them
as we should. We are but human. and
expect to be treated as such. Let Con-
gress look INTO this matter, and I am
satisfied that they will be more than
surprised at the salary for which we
work. R. 3. FISSEL.
Dec. g. 1913
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
SHOP EARLY AND SHOP EARLY.

Certainly you have noticed, if you are one of the
unfortunates compelled to remain at your business
until haf-past o'clock or so each afternoon that
the car crowds now seem greater than ever
1t does not require imagination to explain the
crowds The Christmas shopping season is here.
Shoppers who make flying trips to the retail centers
in other seasons and then scurry back to their homes
before the rush hour are fighting their way through
crowded stores all day and only start for home when
they realize that closing time is near.
Shop Early" is Christmas slogan that has
come to mean much, Buy your Christmas presents
and only avoid the rush of the last few days
but also help to relieve the terrible strain on the shop
girls. But there is another kind of Shop Early,
and that is to do your shopping in the mornng-you
who have the ability to select your own time fol
Christmas buying. Do your shopping in the middle
of the day. Come down town after the morning
rush hour and go back before the even rush hour.
Thereby you will travel more comfortably, and those
who have to use the crowded transportation lines in
the rush hours will not be doubly crowded
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
NEW YoRK's PRIMARY MEASURE.

II is easy to discern the benefits the public of
New York State is enjoy result of the excesses
OF the Tammany machine during the Suzer incum-
bency at Albany The upper house of the legislature
Yesterday passed direct primary bill which goes so
far abolish entirely the State convention 1t is
not perfect measure, but it is step such as New
York year ago would not have taken under any con-
ceivable conditions. 1t is taken now of course be-
of the popular reaction against the outrages
that exposed by SuIzer and for the exposure Of
which he was impeaChed and removed from the gu
bernatorial office.
However the public may think of Tammany and
of Sulzer there can be no doubt that the sacrifice of
Sulzer is resulting in good TO the State The work
mems compensation measure is regarded as wel-nigh
certain to become law. A year and two years ago
it, likewise, would have been quite impossible. The
Massachusetts ballot law is be written into the
statutes, it ought be- in effect at least in every
State that has not equally good measure.
That which was anathema to Tammany when pro-
posed by Sulzer is sound policy and commendable
constructive legislation when proposed Jy the gov
ernor who succeeds Suzer. Governor Glynn is TAX
ing advantage of his opportunity to do the public real
service He is entitled to recognition for what he is
doing. There is no reason to blame him for the man.
ner Of his accession to the executive authority. A
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
RAISING THE STANDARD.

George Washington University is to be COM
mended upon its decision to raise the standard of its
medical department by requiring years college
work as condition to entrance.
Washington, theoretically the educational center
of the United States is not abreast of the leading uni
versities and many States in the standard required
of woud-be DOCTORS that the step of the univer
sity in the direction of better training for medical
students is notable.
Some of the best professional schools elsewhere
require full college for entrance. This is in
line with the best thought of the day in matters Of
education for the learned professions. More than
that such States as North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota
Colorado, Indiana South Dakota and Kentucky in
sist upon at least two years of college work in ad
diton to professional degree from those who would
practice medicine in those States
If there is any class of public servant whose
knowledge and sympathies should be vastly broader
than the mere elements of his profession pos
sbly make him it is the physician. Lack of such
knowledge and sympathy is all too prevalent.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
THE TYPEWRITER GIRL S0LIL0-
QUISES.
Miscalculated Jewelry.

Just thirteen days pere left to Udtt,
Just thirteen days to know my fate,
And noto / knotc he amt just late,
This time he's gone and Tilted me!
FH nerer try so hard again,
This trorld is full Of other men,
But gee! it's pretty tou1h-dnd then
Perhaps FUe missed some jeUeiry!
tsns so sure I'd hare my say
His goat seemed tied to me to stdy;
All other bedus he chased array,
Aiwt he a hic, by jtmmfny'
Ap-I don't care, Il amt my heart
That makes these pedrly tears to start,
The thing that sHH1s and rubs and
smdrtS-
He got dUdy fore Christmas time!
PETE.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

,,, :. moro contemplate than
.,,.....,I,,, man such as that one IN Ne"
Haven who wants divorce p'| ,.,n
,,ir.. knorked him down with p"''' '.,
Int and deprived him of most Va
teeth The man who does ho' -,
, Ii,,I. excitement occasionally sh"u'
remain Philadelphia l''d'
t"hicaCo's magyar has ornere" -,
,o rcasc wearing horizontal iea''' ~
their hats. but he is too wise MAJ
make any effort to enforce MS iu''
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Iobr n Rockefeller has dlscoNere"
that uIcnty of sunlight raises ihoi h''
EsnrcialIv in the case OF certain iaree
,.,,,,,.r..tinrs the sunlight of publicity
Columbia State.
.ptbonv Comstock's announcement
that tie Pankhurst girls book Is not H.
decent about killed tn" salc-MetHPn''
Commercial Appeal.
The latest Japanese novel OF lO6 vol
umes is some Iibrary.-Memphis Com
mercial Appeal.
This cugenic marriage doctrine ABOUT
which we hear SO much remarked the
man on the car, seems To possess
about as much sentiment ana e,,lo,Io''
ne . coId storage egg g"-Tolcdo Blade.
Many a man does not treat his own
stomach with as much courtesy and re-
spect as he would exhibit toward per-
feet stranger. and yet he expects to re-
tain its friendship.Iroledo Blade.
In spite of the fact that 100 college
graduates were found in the Dishwash-
ers' Union in San Francisco. there are
those who maintain that our educa-
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
Love and Life.

~ HILOSOPHY in popular phrase
l. ology is one of the greatest pro-
ducts of the clOakroomS in the
Capitol in washington. Senators
and Representatives, keen observers of
human nature and fun of ideas, pull
stun that makes the old German
wizards sound foolish and insane.
In the Democratic ClOakrOOm Of the
House. not long ago, statesman. hav-
ing discussed at length the tariff. cur
rency and the Central American situa-
tiOn. ANNOUNCED kindly:
Now. Til tell you fellows the differ
enCe between life and love-
Everybody immediately expressed
eagerness TO know the difference.
Life" he said. lis just one fool
thing after another. Love is inst two
fool things after each 0thAh tNp-
ular MaRa2iRA
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
ANTIOUATED METHODS.

The New York thieves who white
washed window and then robbed
store may have thought that they were
exceedingly original. In comparison
with modern corporation methods their
stunt was old '75 stuff.
What they should have done, was 70
accomplish the robbing first and then
amply the whitewash.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today
Meetings, evening:

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-St Johns Lodge. No. II. and
Hope. No. 20. elections: Eureka Chap
ter, No. 4. and Capitol, No. II. Royal
Arch: Takoma Chapter. No. L. and
Cathedral No. II, elections; st. Johns
Lodge Chapter. No. IS.
Odd Fellows-Central Lodge, No. l. and
Metropolis. No. To- degree work; Phoe-
nix. No. IS, business: Martha Wash
ington Lodge. Nc 3. Rebekahs, nomi-
nation OF officers; Dorcas, No. {. de-
gree work and nomination OF officers
National Union-NationaI Capitol Coun-
ell National B&nk Hall, elections, Nc
Kinley Council. Washington Hall; !;
Georgetown Council. Potomac Savings
Bank Hall. elections.
Knights of Pythids-Syracusians Lodge
No 10; Ra.hbCne-Superior. No. 2s,
visitation: Rathbone Temple, No. s,
Pythian Sisters. degree work.
Socialist party-I.ocal Central Washing
ton meeting, Sll + street northwest
sis O'Clock: Local Northeast Wash
ington. 1916 Z street northeast, Sis
clock.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
AmuSements.

ionaI-"Broadway Jones'" Sis p. m.
Hills, S:l5 p. IN.
Bought and Paid For" s:25
n. NJ
Commbia-"The Maid of Marchfeld," /"
@:l5 p. IN
Poli'sI.The County Chairman" els and
S:l5 y. III.
Academy-''The shepherd OF the
Hills, sis p. IN.
Keitl 's-Vaude lille. 2:l5 and Sis p. M.
Cosmos-VaudeviIle. continuous.
Casino-VaudevilIe, afternoon and even
ing
Gqyety-H rlcsqUC, ":15 and sis pm.
Arcade-On r-Stcp party tonight.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
THIS AND THAT
With Sometimes Little of AS 1T WERE

sandal footed way into the country the
American eagle lets out an awful
scream.
But only the other day 1900 Chinese
eggs were landed at San Francisco with
out single squeak.
It's time for the hens to get together
and protest against this cheap labor.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

weaker man might have been vastly more plant in
the hands of his makers Glynn seems likely to do
more good than Sulzer could possibly have done, and
he will do cause he is taking advantage of psy
Geological opportunity.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

Which all is very reminiscent of Ed.
gar Allen Poe's Extraordinary article
entitled. ."Xing a paragraph"
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
To PUT THE SKIDS UNDER THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

the stair carpet will last much
lancer if some of the family tread near
mo edges rather than all using the
middle portion. on.......'....'.'
,Arrlcle on economy in Health and
Ifappiness)
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

TRADE MARK-XXXXXX.
To the editor......
......As an ex-contributor, I think it
would be an X-cellent idea If the Ex-
members of EX-President Huerta s
EX-cabinet were to play the EX-man-
ayers of the EX-Cincinnati team for the
"EN"-championship of the world.
Yours Ex-fully,
Triple Y.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
DIsGI-IsED KINDNESS.

A DISGUISED KINDNESS.
Madison Square Garden was the
scene of a riot when the police elected
the .:sIeepers'' who had been camping
out" since Monday morning.
They didn't know ii, but the police
were doing 'em a favor.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

The Communication passenger fares on
the NeD Hduen bettoeen points IN Con-
necticut and NeW York City, toere or
dered reduced today by the Interstate
Commerce Comm is8iOn.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
THEN SHE GETS THE GATE

Almost time for some foolhardy
teacher to tell the kids that there isn't
anv Santa Claus
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

In Michigan a woman has married
the same man three times. It's a won
der the man doesn't get out Of town
when he has the chanCe.-Clevcland
Plain Dealer
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
A SIX-DAY RACE is BEING PER
PETRATED THERE.
THE MISSING.LINK.

THE MISSING. LINK.
Read three columns of agate type on
how to make a ton of coal last a month
but not one little pi-eyed paragraph on
how to get the ton Of aforesaid coat.
ANN NOYED.
ARTHUR BAER-
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

woman said to us one day that
she always enjoyed herself on the way
home from social funCtion.-TOledo
RIudp
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
HITS FROM SHARP WITS

tional system is defective--Topeka
State Journal.
Prof. Hugo Muensterberg says wom-
en- think faster than men. Considering
their skirts and automobiles, they have
tU.-TCpeka state Journal.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
TIME FOR THE AMERICAN HEN TO
SOUAWK.

Fyerv time a slant-eyed son OF the
s,nwery Kingdom tries to ease his
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
SOME REFLECTIONS BY
A BACHELOR GIRL
By HELEN ROWLAND.

Copyright 1915 The Publishing co..
q OST wires apt to strain at gndtike fb and
M camel of falSehood
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THIS
TRADE MARK-XXXXXX.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

Anthony ComstoCk's announcement
,h..+ ,l.e P,nkhurst girls book Is not n
decent anout killed the saic.-Mein2his
Commercial Appeal.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

In spite of the fact that 100 college
graduates were found in the Dishwash-
ers' Union in San Francisco. there are
those who maintain that our educa-
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

ARTHUR BAER-
The Washington times., 1913-12-12
ANOTHER WRECK ON THE NEW
HAVEN.
AND STILL ANOTHER.

The Dividend.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

The latest Japanese novel or 100 vol
umes is some library. .-Mempms Iohi-
merCial Appeal.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

MANY a man does not treat his own
stomach with as much courtesy and re-
speCt as he would exhibit toward a per
feet stranger. and yet he expects to re-
tain its friendship.Jroledo Blade.
The Washington times., 1913-12-12

Lope-thdt Which makes man actually ENJOY Nearing
and girl actually enjoy hearing talk about himself
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-18
SUB BEGS FOR CHANCE
TO BOX; LATER CRIES
TO BE COUNTED OUT

NEW YORK. March lS-"Kid Ghetto"
was 10 have met Tommy Houck in a ten
round bout before the olympic Athletic
club last night. but for some reason or
other the kid" did not show up.
I'm some fighter, I am. spoke up
Young" Fulton. "Lemme 20 I'm agin this
Houck guv, win yousco I'll show youse
fellows a trick you amt seen before"
Go 10 IT." they told Fulton.
FIouck spent the first round feeling
out" Fulton and Fulton spent It doing a
marathon around the ring in an effort
10 keep clear Of Houck
When the second round opened Houck
started after Fulton. He drove a glove
against Fulton's ribs Fulton immeditte-
y dove for a convenient corner and
Topped on his back
Count me OUT Count me OUT he
implored. He might hiJ me again"
The referee. after recovering from his
amazement. declared Houcl the winner.