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The Washington times., 1913-05-01
EXIT OYSTERS. ENTER
SOFT SHELL CRABS
lobsters and Other Hard
Shelled Sea Inmates Are
Favorites in Market.

Exit the oyster, enter the crab, also
the lobster. The story of the walrus
and the carpenter cannot be repeated
IN iact according t. law commencing to-
day. nor until September ], for the
months without al r. however they
may furnish justification for the old
saw. do not permit the capture of oys-
tiers.
The market will not be clear of them,
TO be sure. for in these modern and
up-to-date times. private owners raise
them for consumption as they raise
chickens. but ITS agin the law" and
public fishing is barred from today.
Also. 1t Is contrary to law TO have oys-
tiers in ones possession unless it can be
shown that they come from private
beds.
But Holsters now come forward for
a bow, and his friend, the crab, is
expected to arrive presently. Both
soft shell and hard shell crabs will
be here shortly, 1t is declared, in guam
titles. in fact early consignments have
already arrived. Charles H. Javins &
Sons. declared today that they had been
receiving consignments Of crabs for
several weeks.
But they are itting good now." said
Mr. Javins, land are better during the
summer months
Hard shell crabs are being received
from Chesapeake waters now and soft
shell crabs from both Chesapeake and
North Carolina waters. After while
II is declared, as tho weather becorles
warmer. the supply will be gained from
the Chesapeake and finally from the
Potomac river
Lobsters, while they are received
during the early spring months, are at
their best during the warmer rlonths,
1t is said. and they are now getting
better. Lobsters have dropped a little
In price, also, as the result of better
conditions for fishing. Hard shell crabs
are quoted at 40 cents a dozen, but the
trees and brings from 81 to $50 n
dozen, according to size
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
Bloom of Youth
Now Easily Attained
CFrom Popular Science.

You no longer need to doctor" that
saIlow, freckled, blackheaded, rough.
blotchy, pimply or ovcr-red skin, You
can remove II, instead-easily, painless
ly. inexpensively. BY new scientihc
process, which anyone can use without
assistance, the dead and near-dead sur
face skin, with all its imperfections, Is
gently, gradually absorbed-and ra-
diantly youthful and beautiful complex
ion comes forth! Go to your druggist.
get an ounce of pure mercolfzcd wax
at night apply enough Of this to com,
ple:ely cover the face; don't run y
IN. Next morning remove the wax with
warm water. The result after few
days is astonishing. You wonder why
this secret wasn't discovered long ago.
Let the wrinkled folks also take hope
Put an ounce of powdered saxolite mo
a half pint witch hazel, battle the race
in the solution-aud-say!-t noth-
ing that will so effectually. 50 promptly
smooth out all those hatefut nncs'
You'll find this lotion. as wen as mertGi- .T,e
lied wax works equally well on the
neck and handS.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
MEMORIAL SERVICE
MAY BE POSTPONED
Instead Of Exercises May go Sunday Following Likely 10
Be Set Aside for Mourning of Dead Warriors at the
Government HosptaI-PIans Under Way.

matter OF the change in program Win
the officials of the Government Hospi-
tai
Members of Miles Camp are anxious
10 have the memorial exercises at the
Government Hospital for the insane
broader in scope. Hence, they Will Is
sue invitations to number Oh III
gressmen, prominent citizens, 10 all t!le
camps of the organization in the cl.!
and to the public to attend. The new
program will have the result or omit
ting all ceremonies at St. Elizabeth S on
Memorial Day excepting the decoratdIootni don
of the graves of the more tnan l,uVo
that are buried in the asylum ceiiie
terieS.
Members of the Emmanuel p. h.
parish met last night, and decided 10
give a reception Of the Rev. w. oscar
Roome. the young Washington nihls,
ter who will succeed the Rev. wizard
G. Davenport, on Wednesday evening"
June 4.
The Anacostia Citizens Association
has been invited to attend the ceieoraS
ton to be given by the Public 1mprove-
ment Association of Congress Heish's
on the e-ening of May a.
Philip and Henry Weber, of Trenton,
n. j.. have returned to that city after
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. +.
Weber, 12i2 Valley place.
Anacostia Tent, No. Z, knights OF the
Maccabees, will give smoker ana
dramatic entertainment next Monday
night in the Masonic Hall.
DIR. James A. Watson, chairman; Dr..
Joseph ]. Mundell and DR.. Thomas d.
Mudd. committee appointed by the Ana
costa Citizens Association to manage
its lawns and yards contest. which Will
be in progress for four months, today
began a distribution of entry forms.
Plans for the baby show to be held in
Masonic Hall on May 13 were completed
last night.
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
Great Britain Uncle
Sans Best Customer

Great Britain is Americas best Gus
toner in the worlds market, according
TO a discussion of foreign trade statis-
tics by Secretary of Commerce Redfeid
In the past nine months Great Britain
has bought from US $47S. .00o. 600 worth of
goods, and we have taken s234. .1Oo, 900
worth of British products in return, an
aggregate of s712. .O00. 900 in trade in nine
months ending March 81.
canada is our second best customer,
buying 500. 100000 worth of goods In nine
months, an average of 81. 100000 each
working day. Germany is third, with
f3Ss 900 900 in purchases and more than
u nhillion dollars day in sales to us.
France is fourth
II is estimated that the import and
export business for the present fiscal
year will total a. 100, ,0Oo, 600.
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
Printers Renew Fight
Against Money Washers

Added impetus to the fight Of the plate
printers against the money washing
machines at the Treasury has been
given by Senator Marines attack upon
the laundering process in the Senate
Monday.
Today Plate Printers Union. No. 2. re-
newed its war against the machine. A
special committee appointed some time
ago to cellect data on the alleged i'll
effects of the new process, today was
directed to file it's report. This will, in
turn, be submitted to the various mem-
bers of Congress with a view of con-
vincing them that the laundering proc
ess not only is making counterfeiting
easy, but is resulting in an inferior type
of bank and Treasury notes.
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACOSTIa ID C MAY I

Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1,
Spanish War Veterans, will conduct
memorial exercises at the Government
Hospital for the Insane this year with
a marked change over the order prevail
ing since the inception of these services
eighteen years ago. Plans outlined at
this time. which will be called up for
ratification at a meeting of the camp
next Tuesday night. contemplate the
omission of memorial exercises on May
80. and instead provide for the holding
of the services on the Sunday following
Decoration Day.
Charles ]. p. Weber one of the men,
bers Of Miles Camp, has taken up the
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
Knights to Observe
Ascension Day

DeMolay Commandery, No. 4. knights
Templar, will observe Ascension Day
by services tonight at Trinity Episcopal
Church. Third and C streets. other COM
manderies also will attend. all assemb-
ling at the Masonic Temple. whence
they will march to the church. The
service will begin at s o'clock.
More than 1,000 knights in full uni
form will take part in the services.
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
Wilson Wires Regrets
To Congress or Peace

President Wilson has wired the fourth
annual peace congress, at st. Louis, re-
greeting that he could not accept their
Invitation to deliver an address on Sat
urday night. The President Is due at
Jersey City Friday night, on his tour OF
New Jersey in the interest of the Jury
reform bill, and could not possibly reach
s.. Louie in time.
The Washington times., 1913-05-01
Lecture at Church.

DIR. Elnora Folkmar will address a
meeting next Tuesday night at I'M
manuel Baptist Church. Sixteenth street
and Columbia road. on THE Origin OF
Life"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
REGULAR NEWSPAPER READING

Did you ever stop to think what
you miss if you do not make it a
regular daily habit to read your local
newspaper thoroughly?
Cutting out all question of the ed
ucative effect of following public
news events, look at it merely for
the moment as question of self
interest.
The housewife learns from the
newspaper advertising how the cost
of living can be reduced. She gath
ers information as to what her chill
dren are doing in school, which may
be vital to her hopes for their good
scholarship. She learns of concerts
and entertainments that add variety
and pleasure to her life, which but
for newspaper notice she would miss.
She learns of chances to secure do
mestic service.
The business man finds out about
openings by which he can turn an
honest dollar. He learns how the
farmers are selling their crops, what
values real estate men place on their
holdings, and what trade conditions
are. Still more important, he learns
what his competitors are doing. He
learns how his brother workmen in
other employments are trying to i'm
prove their condition, and he finds
chances in the advertising to save
money on the food and clothing of
his family.
The farmer learns about the crop
outlook and the governing values of
commodities. He will be continually
whipsawed by tho produce market
unless he studies the newspaper with
a microscope for this kind of in
formation
Is there a single class in this COM
munity that does not get a definite,
positive return in cash value from
reading each issue Of the home news
paper? Is there anyone who can af-
ford not to be regular subscriber
to his home paper:
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
THE END OF A spECULAToR.

The death of Deacon" White,
who won and loss several fortunes
on Wall street, brought out a few
days ago the fact that although he
once stood to win $3,0O0,000 in
corn, he died with only just enough
money to pay his debts.
The case of Mr.. White is some
what unusual. Although he failed
several times, he always paid his
deabts in full, though he could never
get permanently ahead of the game.
Pretty heavy baggage in the way of
a conscience!
The manufacturer who produces a
useful article at a pair price can be
satisfied that, if his customers are
honest and industrious, the proba-
bilities of trade assure them success.
The speculative broker, on the
other hand, must realize that the
chances of the game are about five
to one against the 'piker" or
lamb" In the long run, the kit
ty'' must win. The broker must be
always making new customers. The
cordial handshake with which he
greets the new face at the door must
be much like the greeting of the un-
dertaker to the consumptive.
Deacon" White, no doubt, was not
the c1ly honest person in the busi-
ness. There is plenty of room for
men of high sense of honor, who
shall study earnings and expenses
rather than the eighths and quarters
of the blackboards. They will per-
suade investors to pay down only
real money for high-class securities,
lock them up, and read the stock
market reports only at off moments
Many men go into the brokerage
business with firm intentions of that
kind. A great many of them come
out about like the fellow in a min
ing camp who asked where he could
find faro layout. He was directed,
but warned that the game was crook
ed. Shortly after he was found
bucking the tiger
Didn't l tell you the game here
was crooked?" whispered the man
who directed him.
YES" replied the stranger, "but
you also said it was the only game
in town"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
The Earth.

The earth is a round ball which
has been beating a tortuous path
around the sun for several million
years without bucking anybody off
the right of way. The earth is said
to be 91,200,0O0 miles from the sun,
although there are times when it
seems to be closer. When the earth
is nearest to the sun it is said to be
in perihelion. People spell this word
with two rs in the dogdays. Adam
was the first inhatitant of the earth,
and he liked it so we'll that he hung
on until he was $50 years old and
beat all the fraternal insurance COM
panies then doing business. Every
body thought the earth was flat un-
til Christopher Columbus sprung the
egg trick on Ferdinand and Isabella.
This trick would have been more sue
cessful, we are told, if the egg which
Christopher used had not lived so
long. History relates that immedi-
ately after the egg broke Ferdinand
lost interest in the proceedings and
retired to quiet spot to sprinkle
little perfume on his mustache
Isabella stuck it out, however, and
pawned a bright new Waterbury
watch in order to enable Columbus
to come over here and teach his
trick to some of our after-dinner
speakers. The earth is now inhabit-
ed by large number of people who
are well pleased with their location,
some of whom live a good deal long
er than the neighbors consider nee
essary. 1t produces a great variety
of crops, including political bunk
and perennial candidates. The earth
is held in place by the force of grav-
ity and supported by an old gentle
man named Atlas, who has a muscu-
lar development which makes San
dow look like an anti-fat patient af-
ter six free treatments. 1t is a very
pleasant place to live in and most
people separate themselves from it
with unconcealed regret.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
ADVERTISING THAT DOESN'T AID
VERTISE.

About this time of year 1t was
once customary for the merchant to
send out gang of painters to deco
rate the landscape with appeals to
travellers to buy his goods. Every
mossy and lichen covered rock,
charming in its suggestion of wild
life, was turned into billboard, and
lovely old trees were made into COM
mercialized sign posts.
AS towns have grown more citi-
fled, people love country life more,
and when they go walking or riding
they keenly resent the intrusions of
business.
Their impulse on seeing an adver-
tising sign in the woods is to tear it
down. Wherever the law permits
that, and often where the law does
MT, a host of people make it their
Joy and pride to wreck advertising
signs that mar natural beauty.
So outdoor country advertising
does not advertise at all. II merely
creates resentment. Irinters' ink
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Sleeping Out of Doors.

Not merely are tuberculosis vic
time sleeping under tent walls all
through the year, but a large por-
ton of the more elaborate homes to-
day are erected with comfortable
sleeping porches. In these you can
get your fresh air without having
your neighbor's cat alight on your
face in the middle of the night.
A night on a cot bed in a tent has
its charm, provided you can really
sleep. The scents of grass and trees,
your close embrace with Mother
Earth, have a sweetness that is alb
sent behind blinds and plastered
walls.
But, sad to say, the camp cot bed
has its outs to those of us whose
soft bodies are wonted to the de-
fences of the closed house.
The roar of the night train, dead
ened by the four walls of house,
reverberates, in your unprotected
tent, and you are wide awake. The
slightest noise in the neighboring
home arouses your curiosity, and you
count the steps of the late comers
on the echoing sidewalk Your cot
bed rocks back and forth with the in
equalities of the ground, and if you
get your head too low the constant
tide of blood keeps your nerves
growing. If there are mosquitoes,
they add to the final touch of sor-
row.
The one great physical need of the
majority of the American people to-
day is more fresh air. The atmos-
phere of the office, factory or mill
was never contemplated in the age
long evolution through which nature
built up the wonders of the human
frame. She provided for the needs
of the body on the assumption that
fresh air would always be sweeping
| its tide of life through our veins.
Then men went and built caves, cells
and prisons, in which Natures chief
cleanser was forbidden entrance.
1t is up to everyone who believes
that the body is a business asset, to
be conserved like any other proper
ty, to get more fresh air. If he
can't get it in his business hours he
can get it in his own home. And
at night he can either sleep out of
doors or fill his room with out-of-
door air.
Eastern people are too easily an
noyed by the little discomforts of
tent life referred to above. All
through the western cities, where
people adapt themselves to changes
more easily, you find invalids recov-
ering health, thin men putting on
flesh, merely by tho charm and tonic
of life in the medium for which Ma
ture built the human body.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
Farming is Becoming the New Pro-
feSciOn

Farming is Becoming the New Pro-
fession.
The "cow college, is no longer
laughed at. 1t is recognized today
as one of the mos valuable avenues
to practical education, and the ag-
ricultural college has come into it's
own. A monthly magazine published
by the Ohio State University contains
some facts in this connection that
are interesting, and they can practi-
cally be duplicated in most of the
state universit 'es throughout the
country. In the Ohio university
there are 3,274 students, and of the
whole number 794 are registered, in
the college of agriculture, while 252
are in the kindred department of do
mestic science; that is to say, nearly
one-third of the whole number of
students in one state university are
fitting themselves for an occupation
for which a few years ago it was
thought no preparation was neces-
sary except to learn how to milk
COW and handle hoe. 1t is known
now that successful farming requires
a good knowledge of more things
than any other calling. 1t is said
that the universities of Iowa, Michi.
gan, Wisconsin and many other
states present relatively the same
statistics.
Incidentally this Ohio university
magazine contains some other inter-
esting facts. 1t tabulates the occupa-
tions of the parents of the students.
The children of bankers, lawyers and
professional men are in the major
ity, but the fathers of SIS students
are farmers; 81, laborers; 3, watch
men; 5, timers; 5, shoemakers; 9,
BARRIERS; IS, blacksmiths; 81, car
penters; 5, glassworkers; 6, jani-
tors; 2, gardeners; 40, machinists;
3, coal miners; 10, plumbers; 8, SER
wants. This list is interesting as
showing how much more general ed
ucation is becoming and the part
that state universities are taking in
giving all an equal opportunity.
Scientific farming is becoming a
profession, and its development is
one of the most important functions
our state university is undertaking.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

so many ancient histories on the
market nowadays that the average
high school student can't tell wheth-
er the battle of Gettysburg was
fought B. c. or A. d. Modern his
tory deals with people who are more
or less alive, and is usually written
at a safe distance from the individ-
ual who is being dissected. History
writing is a very pleasant occupa-
ton, as all that is required is live
ly imagination and a stub pen. The
late Mr.. Plutarch wrote one of our
incest histories, giving number of
confidential anecdotes about people
who at one time made quite a noise
in army and navy circles. We
should enjoy Mr.. Plutarch's book
better if it had little more CONVEX
sation and an occasional drawing
room scene, but he seems to have no
trouble in selling It. The best kind
of history is the family kind, which
deals largely with cutting the first
teeth and translating the language
of the twins. People will remember
this kind of history when all other
varieties are tucked in back of the
second row in the bookcase.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

The proposition of Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill, first lord of the Brit
ish admiralty, to stop naval con-
struction the world over for one
year, is one of the finest bits of
statesmanship that has been suggest
ed for some time. Why should
every power burden itself with mil
lions spent to build warships merely
to keep step with other nations and
maintain the present standing of ma
vies? Why not let the navies stand
Just where they are? No nation
would thus gain an advantage. Every
nation would save millions annually
We have no need for more battle
ships, and the only reason we build
them is to keep step with other ma
tions, so that in case of another con-
flict the country with the big navy
would have the advantage. So, II
we stop building battleships the
world over the present relative sea-
fighting strength would be main
tanned. And why not go a step
farther and have worldwide agree
ment to stop recruiting and increas-
ing standing armies? Wonder II
ship-building and army-supply con.
tractors have anything to do with
this hurry to strengthen defense
when good sense dictates an agree
ment as the better plan?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
State High Schools Raise Their
Standard.

Great improvement in the state
high schools is indicated by the much
better preparation of the students
entering the Oregon Agricultural
College in the past two years. The
report of the board of regents says:
"There has been corresponding
improvement in the work of the stu
dents. The heads of the department
uniformly report that the students
are much better prepared each year
for their college work Statistics
compiled by the registrar yield the
following summary, which indicates
the marked improvement in general
scholarship throughout the institu-
ton during the past three years:
The number of regularly matriculat-
ed students whose average was be-
low the passing grade in 1909-1O
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
History.

History is a collection of cold
blooded facts relating to somebody
who is not able to defend himself on
account of being dead. There are
two kinds of history-ancient and
modern. Ancient history is the more
popular of the two. as there are so
few people present who have a clear
recollection of what happened. This
kind of history is always written by
some author with keen and reten-
tive memory, and who was either an
eyewitness or secured MS facts from
immediate relatives of the deceased.
Every once in a while some author
with better memory than his pre-
decessors puts out a new ancient his
tory with limp binding and limpid
style, and introduces a new chrono-
logical order and several original
obituary notices, which make very
wholesome and cheerful reading for
the long winter evenings. There are
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07

was 19 per cent: 1901, IL per
cent; in 1911-12, per cent.
This great improvement is large
ly due to the improved facilities for
the work, provided by the construc-
ton of new buildings, purchase of
additional equipment, the more COM
plete organization of the depart
ments, and the employment of addi-
tional instructors. But the superior
work of the high schools in which
students receive their preparation for
admission to the college undoubted-
ly has been an important factor"