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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
The Housing Problem.

A vitality important work has been un.
dertaken by the woman's department of
the National Civic Federation of the Dis
trlct in endeavoring to improve the hous-
ing conditions here. A serisus fault
exists here in this respect, and any i'm
provement in housing conditions is to be
welcomed as move toward better
physical and moral health for the District
1t has been announced that pa alley
houses are to be turned over to the
woman's department for administration,
and they will be conducted as an expert
ment to enable those in charge of the
work to ascertain conditions. Perhaps
this is hardly necessary. The conditions
are plain enough. 1t is obvious that
what Washington needs chiefly is a much
larger supply of decent small houses at
low rents. 1t requires the abolition of
alley slums through the substitution for
the novels and rookeries now occupied
Of dwellings on fully equipped streets
with all sanitary facilities. Owing to
social conditions here. these dwellings
eral residence section of the city. for the
majority of domestic servants live in
them. and they must be enabled to reach
this proximity is secured through the
use of the alleys, and it may be that the
problem can be partially solved by the
Improvement of conditions in these by
ways rather than their entire abolition
for residential purposes. The solution
certainly does not lie in the wiping out
of such places in their entirety, as In
the case OF Willow Tree alley, condemned
as a public park and recreation center.
The dwellers in Willow Tree alley are
forced to find other places of residence,
which are not to be had readily, certainly
not in conditions to lead to any improve
ment in physical and moral conditions
1t may be that the best outcome is to
establish large apartment houses for this
class of dwellers such as have been pro-
vided in London by the county council al
municipal enterprises. These apartment:
tenements, fully equipped. have their own
Fairgrounds for the children, and are in
every respect better than the alley novels
that they have replaced. Washington has
been confronted with this problem fol
many years. and it is time that some
thing was done in the line Of a pra ctical
solution. Possibly the work of the women
who have just taken it up for considera-
ton will prove efficacious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Mr.. Wilson's Health.

AIR Wilson's physician prescribes
more outdoor life for him, and he
should take the medicine. He is not
frail but has entered upon duties
more taxing physically than any he
has ever before performed. He must
he every inch alive from the moment
he begins his days work until he
knocks off. Many men of many minds
are by turns at his ear. and many top
les of many kinds are discussed with
him.
Nor is this all. He must give his
evenings to company. When not en-
pertaining himself, lie is being enter
tanned: and not even the theater is al
ways a relaxation.
We work our Presidents hard, and it
is remarkable that none has yielded to
the strain. Some have seemed to thrive
on il. Mr.. Cleveland lost no weight.
Gen. Harrison was always ready, and
seemed never to tire. Mr.. Mckinley
moved along without halt Mr.. Roose-
Welt tackled his tasks as a robust and
feverish boy does. while Mr.. Taft
shouldered his like an amiable giant.
But they had hardened themselves
before their White House days began.
They had served apprenticeship in
minor political posts. and were experts
in handling company and disposing of
business. AS the phrase is, they We're
old hands at the bellows.
Mr.. Wilson did not come to Wash
ington direct from his study. He had
had a short time at Trenton in the
governors office. and. upon the whole,
il had been lively time He had en-
countered just enough opposition to
put him on his mettle and make him
active. physically and mentally.
But Trenton is not Washington. Ad-
vising legislature about local affairs
is little thing as compared with advis-
ing Congress about national and in
ternational affairs: and where Gov.
Wilson saw one visitor about office. or
policies. or what not, President Wilson
is meeting a hundred
Indeed, there is no more interesting
story in newspaper than the story
of a day at the White House, when
Congress is in session, the town full
OF visitors, and the President forced
TO get into. and keep in. his stride 1t
is wonderful how many persons he
sees. how many different subjects he
action IS demanded at his hands The
strain continues hour after hour and
even very strong man must feel it.
Mr.. Wilson's health is of interest to
everybody. Everybody wishes him to
be. and remain. in the best fettle: and
if long tramps are in the line of his
tasks and in those of his physical
needs, he is lucky in his locality.
Washington and particularly at this
season of the year invites in every
direction: and the man afoot taking a
constitutional gets the very best of
that sort of thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Boy Scout Medals.

The medals that We're presented YES
tcrday To the Boy Scouts in recognf-
ton of the services rendered by them
on the occasion of the suffrage parade
in this city March ) We're not only
well deserved, but must have a stimu-
lating effect upon the members of this
organization. They are not. Of course.
animated in their membership by de-
sire for decorations and exceptional re-
wards, but nevertheless these tokens of
appreciation cannot fail to be produc-
tive of wholesome spirit. The Boy
Scouts have demonstrated their worth
on various occasions and If a vote
were taken today among the adults OF
Washington it is doubtful if % per
cent would express a Willingness to
discontinue the organization. II Will
be perhaps some time before the effect
of membership in the Boy Scouts Is
shown in the individual, but that there
is a general Improvement in the spirit
of the youngsters who wear the uni
form of this organization is evident to
those who watch them at their play
or in their work or at school These
boys are acquiring manliness without
losing any of their boyishness. They
are striving TO be useful instead of
thinking only of means of passing the
time in sports. They are Incidentally
learning valuable lessons in nature
craft and taken altogether the Boy
Scout is travelling along the line of
general improvement that must ulti-
rnately lead to better citizenship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

bootlegs, and presented a picture half
comic and half melancholy. Newspaper
satirists took him for a topic. and when
somebody called him RUDE the name
stuck.
But the farmer 10 q 'Rube" no longer.
Droughts have ceased to afflict him.
Grasshoppers are of the past. Mortga ges
are rare enough to be curiosities. The
farmer now goes to the barber. He
dresses we'll. He has discarded boots for
shoes. He keeps an account with the
bank. and makes his deposits. or goes to
cash checks, in an automobile. He is
.'classier'' than the gents" who used to
have fun with him.
Still, the farmer, who has made SO
much money progress. remains a poor
politician. Last year he looked at Taft,
at Roosevelt. and at Wilson, and chose
Wilson. He was in a bad humor about
the reciprocity pact with Canada, and de-
cided to express himself at the polls.
And yet in choosing Wilson he seemed
quite to forget that the. democratic party
in Congress had supported the reciprocity
pact, and was committed to a tariff policy
generally which would bear more heavily
on him than he had feared the Canadian
pact would do.
The farmer today is much disturbed.
He is not clear in his mind just where
the Underwood bill leaves him. Nor are
some other folks. 1t is plain that an
effort has been made to throw some
thing to him while taking something
away. But he is finding it difficult to
strike a balance.
Mr.. Shackelford is doubly solicitous.
He is not only the farmers friend, but
from Missouri. He wants to be shown.
In whatever particulars the Underwood
bill appears to bear against the farmer
he wants it amended. Naturally and
properly, he is thinking of the old folks
at home.
But Mr. Shackelford is behind on pop
ular nomenclature. There is not "Rube'
left. He disappeared with the misfor-
tunes that produced him. But if. because
Of the Underwood tariff, or other things.
troubles come again, RUDE may come
again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Typhoid a Country Disease.

Typhoid fever has been discussed so
much during the past dozen years or so
that there is ground for believing that it
Is now very generally understood as to
its true character. its causes and means
of transmission. And inasmuch as the
fight against the disease depends largely
for success upon the spread of intelli-
gence regarding it this extension of pop
ular knowledge on the subject is ground
for believing that the conquest of typhoid
is within conceivable range. Yet it is
surprising to find occasionally evidences
Of belated appreciation of the facts, such
as the following paragraph from the edi-
torial columns of the Memphis News
Scimitar:
Scientists are now claiming that ty-
phoid is not exclusively city disease
and that it is not always caused by i'm
pure water. They claim that impure
milk produces much Of the typhoid in the
cities. and that city people who go to
the country frequently contract the dis
ease while there.
All this is absolutely true. but decidedly
belated. AS matter of fact, scientists
have been not merely claiming but DEM
onstrating for a long time past that ty-
phoid is borne by milk as well as by
tain raw foods such as oysters, celery,
etc. For years it has been positively
known that large percentage Of the
urban cases of this disease have had
their origin in the country, and 1t is the
experience of most cities, in fact, that an
outbreak of typhoid occurs soon after the
return to the city Of summer vacationists,
a large percentage of whom have gone to
resorts and resting places not equipped
with sanitary facilities. Indeed, far from
being city disease typhoid fever is a
country disease, in that most Of the
sources Of origin lie outside the urban
zones. and the disease germs are carried
into the cities by means Of milk, water
and foodstuffs. Once started within a
city, of course infection is possible and
does occur through careless nursing and
through the lack Of sanitary precautions
and as a result of unchecked fly breed
ing. 1t is vitality important that there
typhoid is communicated from the places
where, sanitary facilities are lacking. and
that in order to stamp out the disease
positively-not merely checking its com
municat.on by water filtration milk
treatment. dairy inspection and supervi-
sion over raw-food supplies-it is neces-
sary to carry the campaign into the coun-
try and eliminate the disease germs from
the soil from which Washings go into
the water supply and the gardens and
the dairies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

member Of the cabinet, and the Bryan
ties the opinion that Mr.. Wilson would
make the place intolerable to a man of
Mr.. Bryan's temperament.
But each man took the proper course
Had Mr.. Wilson passed Mr.. Bryan over.
the act would have been popularity con-
strued as one of mingled ingratitude and
cowardice. Had Mr.. Bryan declined Mr.
Wilson's overture, the act would have
been popularity construed as a sort of
to succeed Mr.. Wilson in the White
House In 1917, and in that sense decla-
ration Of war.
Some big foreign affairs are already
in hand Others may arise Mr.. Will
son and Mr.. Bryan will be in consulta-
ton often, and their capacity for con-
sultation thoroughly tested. Will it
stand the test?
A break any time soon would injure
both men, and. incidentally, the demo-
cratic party. The Wilsonites would lay
the blame on Mr. Bryan. and the Bry-
antics on Mr.. Wilson,, and in the racket
the party would get black eye.
For this reason observers should not
magnify trifies or put an extreme con-
struction on other matters. Mr.. Wilson.
at this time at least, is not going to
provoke Mr.. Bryan Intentionally or UNI
duly, and Mr.. Bryan is not going to
jump at any and every grievance he sees
or fancies he sees. "The man who picks
up every stick he finds in his path soon
has an armful."
Mr.. Adams and Mr. Clay worked to-
gether In harness four wears and Mr..
Lincoln and Mr.. Seward four. Gen. Har
rison and Mr.. Blaine worked together
three years: and the Blaine who
finally kicked over the traces was not
the Blaine of health and strength, but
broken man physically, and irritable
from Brights disease. Mr.. Bryans
health and appetite are perfect, and if
trouble comes between himself and his
chief dyspepsia will not be the cause
of it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
The "Rube."

In a tariff discussion in the democratic
caucus the other day, Representative
Shackelford of Missouri exclaimed with
fervor, Il am for the Rube" An item of
interest to the farmer was under con-
sideration.
Mr. Shackelford meant no disrespect
His is an agricultural district. The
farmer is his friend, and sends him to
Congress. He has the farmers interests
10 heart and in mind
But the name "Rube" is out of date
There was time, when It applied In
fact il grew out OF that time. The
farmer was up against it The rainfall
was too light. Grasshoppers We're too
abundant. Mortgages We're almost the
rural order of the day
Deeply depressed. the farmer neglected
his whiskers. wore old clothes-the only
kind he kad-tucked his trousers in his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
TARIFF TROUBLES.

From the ST Paul Dispatch
Chairman Underwood was made SICK
by the strain of preparing the tariff bill,
and small wonder. The bill will make
lots of people sick, and the present out
look is that it may make the party quite
sick.
From the Dallas News
The wool will fly when the spoiled beet
sugar infant hangs onto Mr.. Underwood s
curlS.
From the Bridgeport Evening Post
The person doesn't live who could
frame a tariff bill that would satisfy all
hands
From the Birmingham Age Herald
The floods may subside, but the tarin
problem will not. 1t will stay with US to
the end of time or at least until the Gus
tom houses are blown up.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
1t is still permitted US to hope that the
Senate majority may oppose free sugar
as emphatically and effectively as 1t has
lust opposed free baths for senators.
From the Buffalo Express.
The idea of the income tax is that it
is going to make the rich support the
government while the poor control II. But
the tax won't work out in any such way.
From the Toledo Blade
Taking the duty off lemons is the demo-
cratic Congress way Of handing back to
California its favorite little joke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
A Call.

Hey, You with the downcast eye
And you with the glistening tear
And You with the faint. regretful sigh
And you with the icy sheer.
Don't you know that the sky is smiling
And the flowers are out in bloom
And the world is bent on beguiling
Each heart from the haunts of gloon? ?
And YOU with the bitter word
More bitter. perhaps, If wise
How many a mind is to envy stirred
BY your fortunes. which you despise.
There is always some chap whose
grieving,
If his grief We're only known.
Would bid you to it's relieving
And help you forget your own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. BRYAN.

Gossip about the relations between Mr.
Wilson and Mr.. Bryan Is early-too early.
The note Is being forced. 1t may prove
10 be true that the two men are incapa-
Bile of pulling together in harness. Both
are sensitive. Both are self-centered
Both. while suave, are aggressive. But
an experience of five weeks is not long
enough 10 determine the question that
being very much alike they must sepa-
rate: that subordination is as impossi-
bic for one as the other.
Ii is no secret that friends of Mr. Will
son advised against the offer and
friends of NJ. Bryan against acceptance
of the offer. of the State Department.
The Wisonites expressed the opinion
that Mr.. Bryan would not play fair as a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
THE BELGIAN STRIKE.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The socialists say the Belgian political
strike is .'of the folded arms, not of the
closed fist" Let us hope so.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
There is this to remember about the
strike in Belgium. They are striking.
and peaceably so far. for right that
every American man has enjoyed as long
as any one remembers.
From The Houston Post.
The strike for manhood suffrage in Bel
silin is to be q peaceful affair and unlike
the strike for womannood suffrage IN
Britain.
From The Albany Journal.
First thing they know. those Belgian
strikers will be wondering how, without
wages, they can meet the cost of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
The 18TH MASSACHUSETTS.

From the Charleston News and Courier
News from Boston of the election OF an
other democratic congressman IN Mdssa-
chusetts refutes the statement of those
who claim that culture and common
sense cannot dwell together.
From the Indianapolis News
The progressive candidate was. as IS
becoming customary nowadays. the also
ran candidate in the Massachusetts thir-
teenth district congressional election.
From the Providence Journal.
How much concerned for the sugar and
wool duties were the 1.o0o republicans OF
Senator Weeks old district who did not
60 TO the POLLS? Nearly half Of the re-
publicans appear to have stayed at holn.
From the Chattanooga Times.
That Massachusetts congressional cleo
ton was just little more emphasis ON
the demand for tariff reform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Getting Him Located.

What section Of the country does
that man with the peculiar makeup
come FROM" asked the reporter
II don't know" replied the absent
minded editor, unless it's the comic
section"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
VERY MUCH AT SEA.

Alas. the ancient mariners
That stay away from seas
Have cut away the starboards.
The larboards. luffs and Ices.
The mizzentop has vanished.
No more the bosun's tones
Consign the rim lee scuppers
TO humid Dayy Jones.
No hinnacle's abaftcd.
The luhber's not avast.
No grlIning powder monkey
Now struts before the mast.
The sheets are gone forever.
The glims will not be doused,
And Jacky home a-coming
Will never more be soused.
Adolphus Rosenberg, in the New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
The Rush.

You seem unusually busy today"
II am" replied Mr.. Growcher Il
don't want to be pointed out as the
only man in my own office who can't
get through his work in time to go to
the ball game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Protest.

Never count your chickens before
they are Matched"
"Of course" sneered Mr.. Crosslots
You're another Of those people who
want to take the chief pleasure out of
the poultry business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

IyIn order 70 avoid delays account OF
personal absence, letters TO THE STAR should
not be addressed 10 any individual connected
with the office. but simply 10 THE STAR. or TO
the Editorial or Business Department. according
10 tenor purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

j. =. MCrgan's estate was not as large
as people supposed. it would be impossi-
Bile for any estate to keep up with the
popular INA sination concerning it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
JOYS of the Season.

Oh, gaily sings the merry bird
And lightly flows the summer breeze;
But what's the use. when every word
You speak is followed by a sneeZeo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

BY getting himself photographed from
time 10 time Mayor Gaynor may sue
Ceed in making the moving pictures so
popular 10 leave no patronage for the
cabarets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

William Howard Taft never made any
enemies so bitter as 10 begrudge him the
tine season Of golfins that appears to be
opening UP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

A few suggestions from the Department
of Agriculture as to the foot value OF
the dandelion might help to prevent each
public lawn from becoming blaze of
yellow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Comparison.

Poverty may be a blessing in dis
guise.'
mo doubt replied Miss Cayenne.
but it is such small blessing and
| such big Disguise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

Japan is realizing on its own account
that it is impossible TO conduct "a civili-
zason without a few jingos and dema-
gogues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

There never was town on the map
where the street cars ran in a way that
suited the entire population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

PAYABLE in advance-by mail. postage prepaid:
Daily Sunday included. one month. 60 cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted. one month 40 cents
Saturday Star. 81 year; Sunday Star. S24o year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

4 number of people who declared they
would be ruined by previous revisions of
the tariff are still in business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

The manner in which wagers affecting
Washinston's ball club are offered is
another illustration of how times have
changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Limitations
on Spain.

tress of her choice. especially If sne
chose 10 cast her fortunes with the trip
lice.
TO join the triplice would imply that
the triplice held the right of waA-"as
mistress of the Mediterranean. Such ~
not the fact. for the key 10 the Medlier
ranean is held by England AT Glbraitar
and by France at BiZerte.
Italy? Italia fara da sa lia'N WI,
occupy herself with her own AFFAIRS aho
will never he found in arms asalhst
Great Britain nor against Russia Az.
trian hostilities are quite sufhcient -
restrain Italy from any active paltc'
patton i'm a conflict against the trlp!e
entente Spain. too. has reasons for ab-
stention in the direction or tue iflpivt-
When Germany placed her veto on M"-
rocco Germany sighted Spain hN neg
lecting to consider her in the neGota-
tions at Berlin. but also eNaeted, u Is
reported in diplomatic circles the con
cession OF a coaling station III the
naries and an observatory on the pt.ih
of Tevde in the Island of Tenerlne. ift-
SIDES there remains the memory OF Ger
manv's ambitions in the carohnes'
rhe manifest gravitation of spain, since
il Is conceded that she may not-cafliot
stand alone. is to east in her iot Win !ile
triple entente her natural associates
France and E.ngland) in Europe ana III
Africa Aside from sentimental reasons
affinites and sympathies, there are sun
sfantial reasons. for France ana thS
IND are the two best markets OF Spain.
while London and Paris are the poles III
fact, of her credit.
The conclusion Of the Franeo-SpahIsh
treaty over Morocco and the nnal defeat
az iacobinism in France. which was prar-
ticed under the regime of tompes
and CaillauX and which alienated the
conservatives of Spain from France pre-
sages, under the new regime OF NJ. rom
care and the ministry OF bailhou.
rapprochement which viii be the more
appreciated that ii has been too LONG
delayed. Gil. CfAll-Lt-i'o--''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

Although Mrs. Pankhurst is not active
in the social world there is a great deal
OF interest in her luncheons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

edition is delivered by carriers within the city
ri As cents per month; daily only. % cenfs per
month: Sunday only. - cents per month Oruers
may DO sent by mail or telephone Main 244o
Collection is made by carrier at the end of each
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20

There is absolutely no telling just when
W. r. Hearst is going to take dislike to
somebody.