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The Washington times., 1913-03-10
Marriage Customs in
... 1Many Countries
(Turkish)-
In Bulgaria.
By Ma olson C.. Peters

in with
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u sricts
The classes follow marriage Of their Greek neigh
bo the first advance being made by the girls parents who engage p
The peasant
until his give him we The
which according social position Of the parents from so
called the
which is the
certifying
promised by the brides parents then takes place. WEDNESDAY Inu
day evening being considered the most suspicious time
blessed notary
exchanged A short blessing follows
ppsr eon silver belt earrings bracelets and other onaments
maiden
parades herself in the as
bridegroom build
ready
o a
Friday for the inspection of the women who ccise the quality
Of the various garments
her
in
eaboae embroidered equally hidden
the
the bride kisses hand of all the
fig from each
in front of
bride bowt Is
ganary
room
cake
and
which the Christian marra is performed After tasting the
walk
are showered with cakes fruits. comfs
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
Sense Of Duty" Never Dies
By Sophie Irene Loeb

may be. are % strong ~ to reach out.
no matter how far away, to tho NO
one: and to demand their own.
This mother IL an example also Of the
prevalent notion Of the self-deye1op-
hnent that II striking out In far-fetched
ideas Of settling questions for ones
SELF and to ones own 8ATI9FAC-
religions ana new doctsfiss sssm 10
take hold Of individusb and run away
beaten path and do so1aeeh1kB DH-
EERENT seems to be Ia the air
No great love ever existed WITHOUT
sacrifice. To sati1fy une'e ss1f ~ seech
= icoet never brought aaybo61 ony1hng
but unhapptuess. At beaSk the o<o e3e-
ment In the world that the tegf q dime
can meyer change y the Mother I0ve.
!. In truth. this sense Of 0htya II as
constant as Nature herself. A woman
cannot CHANGE this ~ she would her
breakfast food or her winter dress Of
even her husband.
Therefore. little woman, II things
seem all awry and the little ones get
on your nerves. and you want to b
alone-away from them-note the ex-
ample of this mother, who finally found
that. wilifully, a mother and her chill
dren CANNOT be parted. and that She
would have saved herself many trials
and tribulations IL she had but sacrificed
her whimsical ways to the UNAETER-
ABLE laws that made the world into
which she was born.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
THE MOVIES" ONCE MORE.

A little brother and sister, returning from NOV
ing picture show, enacted the melodrama they had
presented, and by way of realism the little boy
get real gun and really shot his sister,
This suggests practical idea about censorship
Of the movies" The patronage is, and is bound to
be, largely that of children. This means that many
things which might with improperly be staged
for the eyes and understanding of adults ought not
to be permitted in the films.
The censors have especial need to do their work
with thought of the workings of the child's mind.
Their task requires a good working knowledge Of
the psychology of childhood, quite much as an ac
curate judgment of moral values.
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tion of customs laws with the Interpretation which
tine administrators may put upon the principles in
volved, is question of policy.
President Wilson appears to desire, wherever
there is question of policy, to give consideration
to men already in service that are competent to
perform their duty and that have the advantage Of
being versed in their jobs 1t goes without saying
that where no question of personal or party policy
is concerned man who understands his job can
handle it better than the man who has never seen
the job but who is eager to get hold of the pay which
goes with it.
President Wilson already has exercised this dis.
elimination in favor of men who have held Offices
under Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft This ought to
make for good results where the question is one OF
efficient administration. 1t ought to make for good
results for the public and for the new Government
But it does not, and should not, in any way restrain
the new Administration from making a clean sweep
of all Offices where the point of departure must be
new policy.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
OPPORTUNITY IN SOUTH AMERICA.

Americans usually SO quick to take up an idea,
appear slow in learning how to extend their trade in
South America by methods which the English and
Germans nave used with success for long time
Not the least among these is the need of conduct
ing correspondence with native merchants in Spanish
A writer in the Monthly Bulletin of the Southern
Commercial Congress calls attention forcbly to this
deficiency and urges that no time be lost in catching
up by the time the Panama canal is regularly open
for traffic. He also points out that large numbers
of students from the Latn-American republics are
being sent abroad to finish their education and that
too large proportion of them are going to Europe
for this purpose If universities and colleges in the
United States will reach out for them, more will be
induced to come here
1t will be a serious reflection on our boasted
business enterprise if Americans fail to take proper
advantage of the new opportunities in the Southern
continent which the completion of the Panama canal
will bring. -
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THE AVERAGE MANS VOCABULARY.

The man who finds himself convicted of ignorance
every time he confronts dictionary can take com.
fort from the disclosures of DR.. Leonard p Ayres
of the Russell Sage Foundation.
Dr. Ayres, in order to determine the words used
most commonly, analyzed 1000 personal and business
letters He found only 2,O0l different words in them
Forty-three words made half Of the total number
used. Tne word 'I' was repeated oftenest, and
numerous others, including ''the," and, - Ito, "
your, and 'of" occurred many times.
If forty-t words constitute half of the average
correspondence, the discovery is startling although
the statement has been rather frequently made that
the ordinary Americans vocabulary is limited to 800
words.
DR.. Ayres raises the question if tine spelling lists
used in the schools are not too comprehensive Why
should boy who will talk and write in Anglo-Saxon
brevities scratch his head "metempsychosis
and "ratiocnation?" Educators will find in this
something to think about, even if they do not agree
with DR.. Ayres
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A COSMOPOLITAN DIPLOMAT.

In the early days of our history, it was common
TO summon to the portfolio of state gentlemen who
had had residence and diplomatic service abroad.
These experiences were, it would seem with much
reason, looked upon as adding to equipment for the
service.
In more recent time there had been neither con-
sideration attention to such a rule. Therefore
it is interesting to observe that in Mr.. Bryan the
nation mas a foreign minister who has travelled in
almost every country with which he will maintain our
diplomatic relations. More than that he has been
personally received by a great proportion of the
sovereigns foreign ministers, and other government
heads of all the continents. He has wider per-
sona acquaintance with the leaders of world
affairs than any other who ever held the Office
which he now occupies
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
AND HERE'S BolEs, TOOL

The Philadelphia newspaper satellites OF Sena-
tor Penrose are putting out the story that the Sena-
torial boss of the Keystone State has declared for
immediate popular election of Senators i think
the constitutional amendment should be ratified at
once" he said.
Will wonders never cease?
Still, its not so very wonderful. Twenty-three
States have already ratified the amendment; none
has, We believe, definitely rejected it. Senator PEN
roses conversion to popular Senatorial elections is
about as important, remarkable in the cIr-
cumstances, as would be public statement from his
headquarters that he had accepted the Newtonian
theory of the attraction of grayitation.
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All in the Sound.

a y ANY tales might be told that
NH hinge on the sounds of hastily
IVY spoken words to unaccustomed
ears. The only true one we
have ever heard of late Is this:
Last week Charles De Harrack,
the well-known pianist. stood in front OF
a local theater. being polite to certain
society lady. In order 10 make con-
sersation he said:
week."
mo. I haven't" answered the lady,
where Is she laying?"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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MR.. WILSON AND THE OFFICES.

In the Federal Government, in all public service,
there are two distinct kinds of Office. One is the
office which, under one Administration as under an
other, performs pretty mucn the same manner of
5eryice The other is the Office which undertakes to
carry out policy.
President Wilson could not very we'll carry out
his policies without having at the head of every de-
oartment somebody in sympathy with those policies,
informed as to his purpose and responsible to the
Administration. If Mr. Wilson did not make such
changes in the Federal service as to assure such
sympathy response, and cooperation the President
could not hope for satisfactory fulfllment of his
program.
Mr.. Wilson ought to get rid of every ofice-noder
that might stand in the way of his program of every
olRce-holder about whom there may be any doubt in
respect of this sympathetic and intelligent response
to the Wilson program 1t does not make any differ
ence whether tine policies are wise or unwise,
whether it was mistake to adopt those policies.
Those policies, after the verdict at the ballot box
ought to be carried out They ought to be carried out
by men who believe in those policies and VINO know
how to put them into effect.
In the other kind of Federal Office, party policy
is of no consequence whatsoever. Counting money
in the Treasury, for example, is not question of
rocy 1t is entirely question of skill in the tech
nical operation On the other hand, the adminstra-
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Not the Same Thing.

Apply lovers were they. both de-
voted to dancing. both partakers
of the joys of the annual vii
lage Cinderella. She was a
beautiful, graceful, skilful dancer: he
far less adept, with no control of his
tootsies and little idea Of rhythm. In
point of fact. he was not SO good at
dancing as he lie dthe lady to believe
by his fervent descriptions of his Prov
ess Half way through the Cinderella
the lady's beautiful gown was sadly
torn, her dainty slippers bore marks
of a heavier tread her toes ached from
the stampings like unto those of Mas
myth hammer. Eventually she decided
TO give up in despair.
Il am SO tired she whimpered- do
let's sit out the rest of the dances
But the swain was reluctant.
''I thought he remarked, you said
you could die dancing"
$50 / did," came the reply. But I
didn't say | wanted to be trampled to
death, did I?"-Tit-Bits.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
His Morning Shower.

YUST as a. giggling schoolgirl entered
a Detroit drug shop and made her
way to the soda fountain the white
y coated attendant was engaged In
vigorously shaking up a chocolate and
egg" Suddenly the glass broke in his
hands. and the deluge caused the young
man to present the appearance Of a
human eclaire.
Horrified. the girl at once ceased to
gigsie. and with a most sympathetiS
one. saying. for the want of something
else:
II am SO sorry! Did the glass break 90
The attendant gave her whitening
look.
"Did the glass break?" he repeated
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Plenty of Time.

SCOTCH minister was walking
~ through a street in the village
n one misty evening when he fell
into a deep hole. There was no
ladder by which he could make his es-
cape and he began to shout fer help. A
passing laborer heard his cries, and
looking down. asked who he was. The
minister told him, whereupon the lab
orer remarked:
"Weel, weel. ye medina kick Up sic
noise. You'll no be needed afore Saw
bath. an. this Is only Wednesday nicht."
Ladies' Home Journal
The Washington times., 1913-03-10

On the ingredients of a satisfactory
waiter our ideas are less positive. We
can admire the waiter who lets US put
our butter dish on the right side, and
we have a warn spot for the one who
doesn't insist on bringing all the side
disnes of table d'hote, II we ask him
not to. But We care most for the wait
er who starts with us when passing
the French pastry. So that the other
fellow doesn't get the one we wanted.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
What's on tie Rogras, h
Washington Todly

The following Masonic ORGANIZATIONS
will meet tonight: Lodges-Federal.
No. 1; Dawson. No. 1s, F. c.; Stans-
bury, No. "A. Royal Arch Chaptsrs-
Mt. Vernon, No. 2, p. and n. e; Ana
costa No. II: Eastern Star Chaptsrs-
Temple. No. Is; Columhia. No, IL
The following l. o. o. r. organisstions
will meet tonight: Lodges.-Union, No.
Beacon. No. Is. business: Langdon, No.
Is. grand visitation. Rebekah Degreo-
Esther Lodge. No. 5.
The following X. Of p. organisations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Decatur,
No. 8: Calanthe., No. II. and Equal.
NO. Ia. work. Knights Of Khorassan-
Ceremonial at Pythian Temple.
Meeting of Usage Tribe, No. & I. O. r.
NJ, tonight.
The following National Union councils
VIII meet tonight: Federal, Pythian
Temple: Pressmen's, Eagles Hall:
East Fanitol. 3A Pennsylvania avenue
sout'
Week.. Getting of the Central Labor
unior. typographical Temple. 423-
40 q street northwest, p. m.
Lecture on Forty Days in q Confed
crate Uniform and Why" by the
Rev. n. H. Holmes, the First Con-
gregationa1 Church, Tenth and q
streets northwest. s p. m.
Monthly meeting Of the Northeast
Temple. Twelfth and H strets north
Monthly melting of the Georgetown n
Citizens Association. Potomac Saw
ings Bank Hall. Wisconsin avenue
and NJ street northwest p. M
Dinner by Isaac Cans to the member
chants Association, Cafe Repub-
lique, tonight
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THE LAST BANQUET OF THE WI.
OST-YAN-ALL CLUB.
By WILLIAM H. sEvERsoN.
/ drained my glass with the rest,
With no thought of sorrow,
I wanted to have a gala night.
And never thought of the dreadful
nightmare.
Or the headache on tomorrow.
For like the knights, Poets. and Bards,
We were a jolly set OF the wi-ost-yan-
1t was three o'clock in the morning,
For the bells chimed and said,
/ could not tell whether / was out too
early Or too late,
For had been to a banquet.
We had soup. oysters. fish, and entries
of all kinds,
And fillet de beauf and pate de poise,
We washed 1t down with sorturn,
cherry. champyne. brandy, and cof-
These things got somewhat mixed and
began 10 make a noise.
Q-ots and lots of it,
The Washington times., 1913-03-10

A good cook-the remark is bromidic
is hard to find. The inexperienced
ones don't know anything. and the ex-
perienced know too much; 1. e.. they
have their own methods. which one sell
dom likes and never can change. Our
own conception OF 100 per cent in cooks
is one who can make smooth, perfectly
smooth, mashed potatoes-sans the
merest shadow OF lump. It follows
corcllarily that We don't know any. Be
that as it may, however, which 1t prob
ably will, what's YOUR idea Of good
cook?
The Washington times., 1913-03-10

Sambo's idea Of line to keep stand
ing: No contributions yet from Mr.
Wilson
The Washington times., 1913-03-10

Why probe the suffparade? 1t was run
off in accordance with the established
Democratic principle Of no protec-
tion."
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
GOOD STORIES

"Oh, no; the glass didn't break! You
just happened to drop IN on me -
was taking my morning showefr-Up-
pincotts Magazine.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
A Ten-center.

MAN with a thirst for informa-
n as well as his other thirst
~ which was equally habituai. en-
tered the bar of a downtown
hotel yesterday and started a conver-
sation with the prescription clerk.
when a man orders q drink. said
the customer, ordering a drink and
pouring 1t high. do you ask him wheth-
er he wants 10 or Is cent foods?"
Never" replied the pharmacist
why don't you?"
We'll. we size a customer up. We
give him the sort that he appears to be
used to having. And we seldom miss
guess"
"Thats very interesting. Well,
must be going. What do owe your"
Ten cents."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
Amusemeats

National-Nazimova In Bella Donna"
8:15 q. m.
Columbia-.The Rose Of Kildare" sis
p m.
Belasco-.Bunty Pulls the Strings"
S:l5 D. m.
Poli's--The Heir to the Hoorah." sis
p. m.
Chase'sPolite vaudeville. 2.l5 and Sis
p. m.
Academy-"McFadden's Flats" sis ..
m.
Cosmos--vaudeville. afternoon and
evening.
Casino-vaudeville. afternoon and even
ing.
Lyceum-"New Century Girls" s:Is and
Sis D. m.
'Gayety-Al Reeves Show. ::is and SIS
p. m
The Washington times., 1913-03-10

Man Wants But Little Here Below tn.
Column.
I've won the envied t. Of c.
Which may seem good enough for
most:
But proud Ambition harries me-
There's something else that I would
boast.
The crowning JOY of my career
Will come upon the happy day
When sAMBo's name is printed here,
Right over that Of
G. 8. X.
sTo ths uninitiated: Top Of column.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
"All-Round" Is Correct.
From the "Heraid.")

From the ''Heraid.")
He civilian Howard Taft is regarded
as one of the joiliest aIl-round fat men
that ever fingered in this part of
Georgia.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10

AS we catapult TO comp they have
dropped alleged and are writing it
cure" with the quotes. 1t pays to
advertise
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
The President, we note with
alarm, shaves with an old
fashioned razor. A REAL
progressive would use q
safety.

Please. Mr.. President, don't send Gus
Thomas to Italy. The stage Dago is
one of our favorite aversions, and some
thing of the kind would be sure to hap
pen II you ship Mr.. Thomas Hayward.
Columns Lost To Washington."-
Herald" head.
Don't be alarmed. They're merely
some OF the Treasury building columns.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10

Let the Up brothers do your probing
Man-higher and Shake.
The Washington times., 1913-03-10
THE HERO.

THE HERO.
It's easy enough to look pleasant
When springs taken hold of the town
But the fellow worth while
Is the one who can smile
When, his garter begins to slip down.
CHEVY CHASE.
It's easy enough TO look pleasant
At spring and its bud-bringing kiss;
But the fellow worth while
Is the one who can smile
At miserable weather like this
'11:is a. m.
Doc Friedman might be interested to
know that the consumption of pig iron
last year was 3i,00o,ooo tons.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-10
AID MEN HAVE BUSY
DAY AT CONVENTION
Thousands of Delegates Open Meet
ings and Hear Reports-0fi-
GERS Are Nominated.

Baltimore, June 9.-The ninth annual
convention of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of America began in the Fifth
Regiment Armory today.
From o'clock until midnight the 5000
or 1900 delegates and other visitors from
almost every State in the Union. from
Canada and from Great Britain did not
know an idle or a duh minute
Here is brief summary of the doings
of the convention today:
Called to order at 3 o'clock by Presi-
dent Coleman.
Welcome by Gov Goldsborough. Mayor
Preston, and President Shay. of the local
ad club.
Response to welcome by Vice President
Frederick E: Johnston. of Dallas, Tex.
Reports of officers showing work of
associated clubs during past twelve
months.
Toronto selected without opposition as
next convention city.
Officers for 1914 nominated as follows:
William Woodhead, of San Francisco,
for president; Walter B. Cherry, of
Syracuse, n. Y, for vice president; p.
S. Florea. of Indianapolis. secretary;
Tim D. La Quatte, Des Moines, Iowa,
treasurer; W. W. Cloud, of Baltimore,
was also nominated for treasurer, but
declined the nomination. At noon a
buffet luncheon was served in the arm
DRY by the Advertising Club of Balti-
more This was followed by a meeting
of the board of directors of the AS
ISOLATED Clubs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-10

States. Although the Borden govern.
ment came into Office opposed to the
elaborate reciprocity agreement made
by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, it doubtless
would make some tariff concession in
return for the free entry of Canadian
wheat. But it has been reported that
the Senate Finance Committee. will
place wheat on the free list. If so,
Canada will have its wider markets a.
American expense, the United States
receiving nothing in return.
Eficacious trade agreements cannot
be made if the. natural trading advan-
tages are all thrown to the free list.
If raw materials are placed on the free
list for the benefit of the American
consumer the President can offer to
foreign governments only further re-
duction of tariff rates on nanufac-
lures already cut to the bone.
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Reciprocity.

To the manufacturer whose tariff
protection will be reduced the Under
wood bill offers the consolation of reci-
procity. He is told that his future de-
velopment lies beyond the seas. He
Is asked to rejoice over that paragraph
of the bill which provides that the
President may negotiate trade agree
ments which shall become effective
when approved by both Senate and
House
But, as passed by the House, the I'm
derwood bill has reduced the tariff on
manufactures to as low a point as the
industries can stand. to put it mildly.
Raw materials are made free. Thereby
is thrown away what would be val
liable trading asset for the President.
The nations which produce the raw
materials which the United States buys
IN vast quantities are, for the most
part, large purchasers of manufac-
lures. An ideal trade agreement, for
instance, between the United States
and Argentina would be free adnis-
sion here for Argentine hides and a
low Argentine duty on American ag-
ricultural machinery. But. since hides
are on the free list in both the Payne
Aldrich and Underwood bills, there is
no incentive for argentina to grant
concessions to American harvesting
machinery.
Take case nearer home. The farm
ers of Western Canada yearn for
wider markets. They believe their
wheat would bring higher prices if
they had free entry into the United
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-10
ALUMNI OF GONZAGA
COLLEGE PICK OFFICERS
Rosa F. Downing Selected as Presi-
dent-Smoker and Elocution
Precede Contest.

Rosa F. Downing was retained as
president at the annual election of Of
ficers of the Alumni Association of Con-
zaga College. last night. in the new
school building.
Rev. Del. Mcdonnell, president of Con-
zaga. in an earnest speech. asked the
members OF the alumni actively to sup
port a movement to extend the activities
Of New Gonzaga College.
Rev. lgnatius Fealy and James F.
Mullaiy. LIN answered for the alumni.
and promised active and solid support
TO Father Mcdonnell in his efforts to
broaden the scope OF the school.
An entertainment, smoker. and elocu-
ton contest preceded the business meet
ing -Four students of Gonzaga High
School were selected to engage in the elo-
cution contests. which was for the medal
offered annually for the best work In
that department Francis f. Garner,
William A. Creveling. Edward r. Hal
loran. and Raymond F. Osborne were
Osborne was declared VIC
tor by the judges, who were former Com
missioner Henry L. West, Rev. A. G
Quartz. S. J., vice president of George
town University. and Dr. John Madigan.
Besides Mr.. Downing, officers elected
were Mathew F. HaIloran, Vice president;
Charles l.. Ferry. treasurer, and II. A
Among those present at the meeting
were Francis S. Oliver. vice president of
Fordham University alumni: w: B..
Moses, DR.. James Kilroy. former Com
Henry l. West. ID. O'C. CAL
aghan. w. a. Langley. r. w. Waters,
John B. Mccarthy, r. F.. White, Edward
Berker. J. F. Boiseau. Richard A Neale,
Joseph +. Wheatley, Aloysius l. Muss,
Charles W. Floecker. T. ]. Lane. B. S.
tones, T. J. Shea. Samuel S. Maher,
John A. Healy. NJ. F. Halloran, II. B.
polkinhorn. Henry A. Mullen. James F.
Mullaly. George T. Cox. Thomas Petty,
H. A. Hey. John A Fenwick, John A.
c. Donohoe. William H. Shea,
II. 1. Quinn. W. A. Crawford, John p.
Burns. Robert Downing. Joseph Kenelly,
Edward a. Fitzgerald. p. /. Madigan, r.
R. Dwyer. Edward c. Healy. Joseph A.
ieneau. B. F. Garvey. Joseph NJ. Geier,
Norman B. Landreau, and Leo Cava-
laugh.