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The Washington times., 1913-01-13
VERBAL AvERSIoNS.
Of all the many words that crate,
The greatest of them is
The word / most completely hate
Is "quiz."

A suggestion from the suffragists-
that the inaugural weather committee
extend the field OF its activities to
cover March 3, the date of the suffrage
parade-is now being considered. Al
though the adoption of this plan would
render necessary much larger blizzard
than the committee has had under con-
sfderation. it is possible that the mat
ter can be arranged.
The Washington times., 1913-01-13
THIS THAT
TALES OF THE MOTION
PICTURES.
WnA Sometimes a Ltlfle oftAe ofAe>
The Tenderfoot.

The Tenderfoot.
A college fellow, pressed for dough,
Appropriates thou or so,
Is sorry and-oh, well, you know
The rest:
How dad, appalled, at what he's done,
Forks up the necessary mon.
Then turns around and sends his son
Out West.
Then there's the ranch, out in the wide.
Wide West. where Jack can be outside.
And rough 1t some, and learn to ride
A hoss.
He goes there, as We said above,
And very promptly falls in love
With Whats-her-name, the daughter OF
The foreman is a prince Of vice,
Who loves the girl, but cuts no ice
Iof course, this fellow isn't nice,
At alb;
And when he tries to kiss Irene
The hero enters On the scene
And bifrs the villain on the bean
The galll
The william gathers up the band
or villainettes in his command.
And schemes to rob the Overland
Express.
He then kidnaps Irene and Jack.
hnn In, yf,l
And swears he'll tie them to the track,
Unless
The girl and Jack will both agree
That, IL he goes and sets them free.
Irene win promise him she'll be
His wife;
Whereat she proudly turns upon
The fiend and tells him, Get yor
gone!
I marry YOU? Ha! ha! Not on
Your Iife!"
The awful villains then secure
Them to the track-and you feel sure
They'll perish. rather than endure
Disgrace;
But just then things look mighty blue.
The cowboys gallop into view
CThey never tell you how they knew
The place)
But anyhow, they gallop in;
Were saved?' exclaims the heroine
"a second later they'd have been
Too Late).
The audience applauds; defeat
Is turned to victory, complete;
The villain and his fellows meet
Their fate.
But on the track the willy knayes
Have piled some logs. so Jack nov
waves
A Turkish towel and bravely saves
The train.
He brings 1t to a halt nearby
And dad is on the trafn-oh, my!
Sometimes these endings give a guy
A pain. . -
The final scene: The open air:
Leander and the girl are there;
The cowboys then surround the pair
And shout. s
Our hero and the willing miss
Embrace: a motion picture kiss;
Passed by the Board Of Censors" CThi
Way ouD.
The Washington times., 1913-01-13
HousekeepeTs and
the Parcel Post
By ScphiG- Irene Loeb

family Of children in the poorer guar
ter.
It would behoove every housekeeper
to become acquainted with the parcel
post In this direction. And. in the
growing season. II she finds q farm
near by she may have her box Of berries
and her bunch of string beans for din-
morning, which is hardly possible with
city produce. And she may even get
things at a lower cost to the resulting
pleasure and health of her family. IT
Is a new innovation In America but
certainly has proved a most economical
First Aid to the Housekeepers In other
countries.
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Amusements.

National-"Kismet,"s .. m.
Reiasco-"Julius Caesar" s p. m.
Commbia-"Over the River" Sis D. m
base's-Polite Vaudeville. s:l5 and SIS
d. m.
Academy-'Dion O'Dare." SIS p. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Lyceum--Zallah's Burlesaue. 2:15 and
8:15 D. m,
Gayety-"world Of Pleasure" 2:l5 and
S:k p. N.
The Washington times., 1913-01-13
WITH THE CONTRIBUTORS.

NANCY: II dreamed ] was reading an
edition OF the column that didn't knock
anybody or anything"
T. c.: II bought newspaper and the
boy didn't consume five or ten minutes
folding IL up before he handed II to me" "
The Washington times., 1913-01-13

VIII DC . AAAOAA@ ".
eliminating the mid
dleman and allevi-
ating the high cost
of living.
Already the malls
are flooded with all
kinds Of produce
direct from the
farmer and bid fair
to increase this
method Of deliver.
ing goods at DI.
RECT cost from
the farm.
r-.r- c.. g.. -1A
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Hit the Nail on the Head.

NV YHAT," asked the SundaJ
NA( school teacher. '.is meant
wv by bearing false witness
against ones neighbor?
ITS telling falsehoods about them"
said one small maid
Partly right and partly wrong, said
the teacher.
1T know" said another little girl
holding her hand high in the air. Its
when nobody did anything and some
body went and told about it."-Lppin-
cott's.
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The fact that Mr.. Letter is president
of the Washington Gas Light Co. must
be so well known that we feel guilty In
using the space TO call attention TO it.
The Washington times., 1913-01-13

treating you we'll"
'Yessuh, tollable well. suh," said
Sambo.
81 suppose like all the rest of us. you
are irving hard to get rich," said the
colonel.
"wa-aL. boss" said Sambo, ''Ah
cyarn't say ah care much fo' riches
mahseff. sub. De height o. my ambi-
tion am TO become whad you might call
n watahmillionaire, suh."
Whereupon the colonel sent him home
| with the foundation for such a fortune
! in the shape of a watermelon that was
lust ''a-oozin '' with the desired riches.
Judges Library.
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Special point for the consideration ul
the committee on parade: How mucl
time will be required for Mr.. Taft to
pass a given point?
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ND NOW that Uncle Sam has
come into the business Of car
\ rying our. packages. up to eleven
pounds, 1t Is estimated that this
The Washington times., 1913-01-13

While on the subject. our idea of add
ing insult 10 injury is to foist a long.
tiresome reel of East Indian scenery
onto a patient audience. and then fol-
low 1t UP by the Passed by the Board
of Censc:s" sign.
The Washington times., 1913-01-13

Tigers, lions. and other large speci'
mems OF the family will not be exh;b.
tied at the cat show.
The Washington times., 1913-01-13

They have to draw the feline some
vhsra. q. Q. K
The Washington times., 1913-01-13
His Ideal.

((xu ELL, Sambo." said the
W. colonel as he. greeted one
" OF his old-time retainers,
"I hope the world is
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I'S!||l||||!g!q
Mrs. Jarr Refuses to Do House
work By Music Plan.

((v you've heard OF Madame PIX
- ington?' gushed Clara MUD
riGge-Smith "Why, as The
Mowbray' her name was In
everybcdy's mouth"'
Mrs Jarr was on the verge OF tauN
pas. She nearly said ''Yes, the FAMOUS
mutton pies of that name" Bu'' 1ortu-
nately, she waited a moment.
she wrote the famous book Inc
Romance of Housework.' You know:
one sang the Villon's Ballad OF F1shes
when one fried fish and she had appro-
,uiate recitatjons for sweeping bed
making. scrubbing, and washing. Don
YOU remember the book was puphshed
cnIy in subscription editions de luxe and
sold for 800 a copy?
so many people were interested IN
the work because they felt that such
volume would bring cheer. literature
and dignity in the homes OF the poor.
As Mildred Mowbray, As she was them
used to say: Done with song, no
work is drYdGery!'
These Ballards of
Housework Were Screams.
And 50 all the ballads of housework
were set to music In solo, duet, and
even trio, quartet, quintet, and seNtet
Arrangement. The Skinner Foundation
was so into rested that they paid for
grand opera singers TO demonstrate from
ker works how song lightens labor. II
| was wonderful to hear singers. who
were paid s.. 900 each, render The Scrub
bing Sextet.''
.I think / remember IT," said Mrs.
Jarr. setting back in the ten-inch up
holstcry of the opera motor.
"Of course you remember It," said
Mrs. Stryver, who was also Of the party
II have one of the books and showed II
to YOU, and invited you to 20 with me
! to the Mildred Mowbray Lycee OF Ly-
rical Light Housekeeping. The tickets
were ten dollars each. But they were
| worth it,
Think how much good these uplif'
movements do the poor! Mildred Now
bray invited contributions to have COM
petent singers go around the tenement
districts and sing The Bed Making
Motif and The Scrubbing Sextet.'"
This Parlor Socialist Had
A Golden Voice.
| ''Oh, yes, l reinehper now saiu MTs
Jarr. But I had no girl at the time
and couldn't 20 to the affair"
.Since then Mildred Mowbray married
Perciyal PIlkington, who is also a noted
Parlor Socialist" explained Mrs. Mud
ridge-Smith. He never speaks on be-
half of suffering humanity for less thar
$500
'Ah, there are a lot Of people who de
vote themselves 10 causes like thso'
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.sa@ % l]@Sg @{Sggdp5Ov i
4e.s5 Hw .hAU ~

who do lot Of good in the world? said
Mrs. Stryver.
us, MIS-. Jarr,, gushed Mrs. Mudridge--
Smith. II can speak openly to you. .
am sure. We have often noticed you
permit your household cares to disturb
your savior faire. Inspired with these
'Harmonies Of Housework. your DO,
nestle duties would be pleasures and
not tasks. For one who has young chill
dren as well as cooking and housework
to do Mildred Mawbray P1lkington ao.
vises an accompaniment OF muted
cussion instruments might wake the
babies."
"oh, piffler cried Mrs. Jarr with
some evaporation. 'You have got a
lot Of money and no children! Mrs.
Stryver has a lot Of money and no
children! And this woman. the mutton
pie person-Mowbray. or Pilkington, or
whatever her name is-she makes lot
of money talking and printing such
stuff to a lot of well-to-do geese. And
for what? To benefit the poor, to up
lift overworkedL mothers and house
keepers?
IN bet she hasn't chick or child
eitheri I'll wager She knows nothing
about housework, but lives in studio
and eats out at restaurants or at home
from truck from the delicatessen stores !
How In the name Of goodness could I
afford to have a string quartet follow
me around from bedroom and kitchen,
playing muted symphonies while L
swept and scrubbed and cooked and
| made beds?"
Hired Girl Smashes
China a la Wagner.
"Ah,' said Clara Mudridge-Smith with
a superior smile. that bears Nine.
I Mowbray Pilkington out in what she
! says-that It is the very ones We seek
10 uplift who are so impatient of our
| good offices! Besides, the Pilkingtons
are endeavoring to collect funds to sell
| Photographs at cost with records to
! play their Melodies de Menage' to the
poor and middle classes.
But wait till you near her speak.
She'll convince you. And she advises
simple Grecian costumes Of pure white
| linen with a classic coiffure to do house
| work in. This tends to attune ones
mind to higher planes. The first thing
she'll advise you to do Is to cease fret
ting-to believe that work is service,
and service is love. .-.
1T was Mildred Mowbray Pilkingtor
who first conceived the idea of washing
dishes to an arrangement of Mendels-
sohn's Spring Song, and busting to
| Nevin's .Narcissus.' Nothing Wagner
lam, One breaks too many dishes and
vases"
II guess my girl. Gertrude. is inspired
with wagnerlan motifs" shifted Mrs
Jarr. well, here We are at the Stick
elback Studios!'
The Washington times., 1913-01-13

((v you've heard Of Madame PIX
- " ington?'' gushed Clara Mud
riGge-Smith. why, as The
Mowbray' her name was II
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
ELK FOR WEST VIRGINIA.

An experiment bound to prove OF
great interest to the lovers and de-
tenders of native wild animals is that
which the Interior Department has
authorized in this state, where so elk
from Wyoming are 10 be transferred.
Senator Chiffon has obtained permits
sion for the shipment TO his State of
two carloads of these magnificent
creatures, which will be released in
the mountains. where they will have
plenty of pasture during the summer
months. In the winter they will be
cared for by private interests, from
which it may be inferred that the ex-
perment is not undertaken by the
government.
The elk is possessed of an instinct
as unerring as that of a homing pi-
geon, and invariably. where he has
been removed from his native haunts,
he has turned to the land OF his birth
and made his way back in the face
of innumerable difficulties. A band
of elk transferred from the jackson
Hole country In western Wyoming to
a new range in Colorado found their
way back again, crossing mountains
and rivers and trayersing a strange
country. The fate OF the animals
which are to be removed from Wyom.
ing TO this state is problematical, but
II they do not endeavor to return
across the continent-a feat which
certainly seems impossible of ac-
complishment-they will surprise
those who are familiar with the char
acter and habits OF these courageous
and beautiful animals.
The elk is easily domesticated, not
a few ranchmen in Jackson Hole
having several of them. In winter,
when the deep SHOWS and scarcity oil
food drive them from the mountains
into the valley settlements under the
towering Tetons, they may be aiken
easily. There will be no difficulty in
securing so OF them for the state pre-.
serve. The trouble will be In max
ing them stay there, for as travellers
they have few %superiors among wild
animals.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11

per readers that neither Of the &c.
%currences was OF a nature to be class.
cd as unavoidable. but that both were
caused, in the last stage by reckless
indifference or employees. Meantime
authorities both local and federal are
determined TO ascertain TO what de
gree there vas criminal negligence
or worse in the established system
under which the lines concerned
were maintained and their passenger
trains operated. II Is as certain ~
anything can be that there will be
bitter resistance, and of course, ac-
tive sympathy will be extended TO
the accused officials, but disclosure
OF the facts win have It's value no
matter what the outcome may be and
the influence upon future movement
OF passengers in safety will be to the
general advantage.
Jury trials are by no mean a cure.
all, but they have been known 10 ex-
ert a wholesome effect.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
the crops was straining the resources
of the transportation companies.
HELP THE DEPARTMENT.

The members of the Ryneal Hose
Company are fighting valiantly for
better equipment, And justly they
should. The time has come when the
fire department OF this city must re
ceive more consideration. and be
placed in a position that IL can cope
with any blaze. The company does
we'll with its present outfit, but bet
ter results can be attained when an
equipment commensurate with the
city's growth is placed at its dispCs.
al.
The city is badly in need of an up
to-date fire fighting department. All
cities have far better equipment than
Martinsburg. and many of them are
much smaller. The company now ap'
poals to the people, and asks all t.
contribute what they can towards
the purchase of an auto truck and
the necessary apparatus. If the ap'
peals are given attention 1t will be
but a short time until the city is the
best prepared of any in the valley,
The citizens have responded liber-
ally, So far. but on this final appeal
a greater effort Is needed to secure
the amount needed. As you are APP
preached remember that the work ID
being done in your behalf because 1t
means the protection OF property, and
the reduction of insurance rates.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
WHAT is MONEY TRusTa

Mr.. Morgan says there is no money
trust, but If the state of affairs that
he admitted does not reveal a money
rus. II would be interesting to know
what a money trust is.
Testimony before the Pujo commit
tee shows that eighteen financial in
stitutions in New York, Chicago and
Boston by mean of interlocking di.
r~ectorates have a voice In the man
agement of 134 corporations with an
aggregate capital OF SIS, 1926, 000, 900.
1t shows that J n. Morgan G. Co., the
Guaranty Trust Company, the Bank
ers' Trust Company, the First Nation.
al Bank and the National City Bank
through 341 i~nterlocking directors are
allied with corporations having re-
sources OF $22, 245,000, 900.
The eighteen institutions that have
a voice In the management of $685.
325, 000, 900 have 1870 partners and d.
rectors. These 1870 men hold 1856 di-
rectorships in forty-one banks and
trust companies with deposits of 81.
$4,000, 900 They hold fifty director
ships In eleven insurance companies
with otal assets of s2,646, 900, 900.
They hold 155 directorships In thirty
one railroad systems having a otal
capitalization of $12,193 900, 900. They
hold ninety-eight di%rectorships in
t~wenty.eight producing and trading
corporations with a total capitaliza-
ton of s3,5s3. 900. 900. They held
forty.eight directorships in nineteen
public utilities corporations with an
annual gross earning capacity of $428,
000,0
If these 1870 men do not constitute
a money trust, what is a Money
Trust?
Who would underwrite the securi-
ties of a corporation that promised
keen competition with any of the cor
porations within the sphere of infiu-
ence of these 1870 men? Would the
banks and trust companies that they
control lend money to such competi.
tors? Would weaker banks be in
clined to take the risk of mourning
the hostility of the stronger banks?
The sole purpose of all these com
binations is TO control credit through
the control of money, and whoever is
master of credit is master of the
commerce and industry of a Nation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

will enjoy its greatest increase in
population and become the most pop
ulous in the valley.
This one thing retards our growth,
and 1t will continue to do so until
some steps are taken to provide for
the people who want to live among
us. With the manufacturing interests
calling daily for mere men, it does
appear that those who car should
proceed at once to build houses. They
will rent for handsome sums, and at
the same time prove a great benefit
to the business men and especially
the merchants.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
NO COAL FAMINE.

The coal railroads have been an.
nouncing that there is ne coal fam
inc; that there is plenty of coal, and
that shipments are large. Yet many
of the large consumers + without
supplies, and winter is close at hand.
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Lane says: The condition is acute.
Great institutions Of the Country
the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor. for instanCe-are practically
out of fuel and cannot get It because
there are no cars Tor its Transports
ton"
The Commission is trying to rem
cdy the car shortage by reducing the
time cars are held Tor loading and un
loading, Probably the fault is. with
the dealers who did not lay In their
stocks earlier, Three or four win
tiers 9 there was a widespread
shortage of fuel and the Government
was appealed to for relief.
Parts of the Northwest we're with.
out fuel when cold weather came,
and much suffering resulted, But
earlier in the same season the rail
roads had urged dealers 10 order
their supplies early, explaining that
they could not deliver coal to the
whole Northwest ia two or three
weeks, especially as the movement OF
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WRECKS

The travelling public is not as aux-
ious to get railway officials and EN-.
ployes in prison as it is to secure
safety in transportation, 1t is for
this reason that the indictment OF
certain officers and trainmen OF the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton line
at indianapolis and prosecution OF
men higher up in management of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
system at Bridgeport, Conn, in con.
nection with recent disasters, will be
viewed with unusual interest. The
charge in both instances IS man
slaughter, The issue raised is as to
individual culpability. Personal guilt,
if established, will result IN personal
punishment, the theory OF the autho-
rites being hal by this means re-
form in operation, equipment, etc,
is mcre likely 10 be assured than has
been possible when mere monetary
adjustments have closed the Incident,
says the Pittsburg Gszette.Times.
As a rule In the past when criminal
prosecution followed fatal wrecks on
ly the trainmen directly involved,
with possibly a petty official or two,
were hailed into court The accidents
now in question, however, we're due
in part, SO it Is alleged, to faults in
physical conditions and general oper-
alton, and these cases become impor.
tant because the state proposes to go
Farther, in It's attempt to fix rospon-
sibility. than the eliminating blum
der. 1t will be recalled by newspa-
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desired, and have proven that they
are worthy TO wear the party emblem.
Had they acted otherwise, they would
have been untrue To their pledges to
serve the people according to their
oaths. This action will not be for.
gotten. and the men who have stood
So nobly by their guns need not fear
condemnation.
By this time, perhaps, Governor
Glasscock and his advisers have
learned that they know but little
about the State constitution. In Their
eagerness to have certain laws en-.
acted they have failed completely
and piled upon the taxpayers an en-,
ormous aud useless expense. This
kind Of work the governor is noted
for, and as his administration closes
he has not failed to make good" in
that respect, If he has in all others.
When the regular session convenes
the lighting will begin in earnest,
and, while the Democrats may not
get all they want, 1t is assured that
they will not suffer, because they are
mel who will fight and stand togeth.
err until their rights are given con
sideration. The Republicans by en-.
ploying such dilatory tactics have
blocked all important legislation. and
II they succeed in electing a success.
sor to Senator Watson they will be
ready to return home believing they
have made an enviable record.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
BUILD MORE HOUSES.

More new houses are needed in
M%artinsburg. This is the crying de-
mand. and IL comes from all sec.
tons of the city, TO meet this IN,
gent need 1t is incumbent upon CIV.
cry property owner, If so situated,
to erect a new dwelling or as many
IS he can.
The various manufacturing estab.
lishments of the city are asking for
more men, but the question confront
ing them is how they a supply their
new employees with suitable homes,
If homes a be had at reasonable
rates, within the next year the city
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-01-11
THESE CAPERS
NEW PARCEL POST

granddaughter in Il down state town
Hopkins packed two dozen eggs Ia a
freless cooker and mailed them by par-
eel post on Wednesday. When the
package arrived twenty fluffy chickens
appeared, very much alive, together
with four dead ones
The postmaster ut the receiving Office
did not believe baby chickens were
mailable under the new law. but he
delivered them to the addressee rather
than disappoint her.
Downingtown, Pa. Jan. 3.-Upon
opening a bag of mail this morning
Postmaster Josiah Philips found that Ii
transit the lid Of Il can of sauerkraut
sent by parcel post had been knocked
on and the contents spilled through the
mss of mail matter.
Needless to say there was no scram.
BILE on the part OF TIC office force for
the privilege of sorting the mail in this
particular pouch
Washington. Jan. Ex-senator AtIes
Pomerene OF Ohio is seeking for q sen.
ate office building employee who left a
sniears package Of scrambled eggs on
his mahogany desk yesterday. They
were not cooked. and they spread them.
selves over the adincent territory.
The eggs were youthful. fresh and in.
tact when they started ont from Mas.
sillon. o.. by way Of parcel post to
GLADDEN. the heart of tile senator.