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The Washington times., 1913-04-09
Marriage Customs in
TMany Countries
IN RUSSIA.
By NJ a olson. C. Peters

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blessing bestowed the
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exchanged by
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OPEN OR CLOSED CAUCUS.

None of the arguments against an open caucus
seems to have much validity. The Democrats re-
jected the plan, apparently on the ground that the
caucus is the place to reconcile party differences
and there will be more frankness in their discussion
if publicity is not imposed.
The caucus-rule system reached its highest de-
velopment under Cannon in the House and Aldrich
in the Senate; and it was the beginning of the Re-
publican party's destruction. 1t piled monkey
wrenches and scrap iron the safety valve until
explosion followed
The Progressive party made its caucus public,
and any other party could do that without real diff
Guilty. The embarrassments are more imagined than
real The differences that are discussed in caucus
get to the public, anyhow Frankness about them
would be far the best policy. No caucus ought to
sind men to violate their convictions; any caucus
that does that while giving men chance to conceal
the surrendered convictions from public gaze, is
bad thing
King Caucus is in a mortal illness. He isn't
going to last long, and there will be to assume
his sway 1t would have been highly credtable to
the Democrats, if they could have put him out of
his agones; but, anyhow, they all understand that
he is the end. His frown no longer strikes
terror, his mandate gets obedience only when
obedience is easy
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BIG PARCEL POST BUSINESS.

In the first three months of the operation of the
parcel post the packages handled by the service num-
bered more than 150,000,000. The business for
March was SIS per cent greater than for January.
With the improvements being introduced to make
it convenient for shippers to the system and
with the natural growth that is coming from the pub
lies familiarity with the system doubtless the tens
of millions of parcels month will become hundreds
of millions and the annual total will swell to billions
Doubtless, too, the greater share of the traffic
now going through the mails is taken from what was
the monopoly business of the allied express COM
panes They refused so long and arrogantly to give
both a good service and reasonable charge that
thew themselves forced the Government to set I'D
competition with them. That was their first big busi-
ness mistake in this age Of satisfying the public in
business of going to the wall. Their second mis-
take was not to meet the postofce competition fairly
and squarey as it appeared in their shipping
field Their third mistake-biggest and most danger
Gus of al-w be for them to persist in their error
of not keeping up with the times If they do that the
Government extending its operations year after year.
will capture the bulk, if not practically the whole, of
their business.
No more than other industrial, commercial, and
public service undertakings can the express COM
panies ignore modern development and defy progress
sve methods without perishing off the economic and
financial earth.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
The Lessons We Never
Learn Until Too Late
By Clarence L. Cullen

J time the almost hystcrical demand was
made that these dams should be repair
ed and made safe forthwith.
/ have never been able to get out OF
my mind the memory of the picture os
the trapped people-men and women
leaping from the windows of the old
Hotel Roval, in New York, when that
hostelry, almost made to order as u
fire-trap. went Up in flames one morn
ing in Sc. About eighty people weEo
burned to death in that fire. Tners ,s was
fierce demand then that all noteis
should he made safe. Were tney
Well, the Windsor Hotel fire happened
not so MAN, years later. and. after a
good many excellent people had LOST
their lives in that ire, it was found
that the Hotel windsor always had
been a fire-trap. Again We heard the
hysterical DENIAL nd that the hotels should
be made safe. Have they been! Prac-
tical firemen who know of what they arr
talking tell me that there are hunoreos
through hout, the country. from wnicn
few would have a chance In the world
to escape il fires swept them
Everybody remembers how, after the
Iroquois Theater holocaust in chicago
few years ago. which destroyed SO
many valuable lives, there was fren-
zied demand that the theaters should os
made safe from such awful Vlsitations-
Are all of our American theaters safe
from fire at the present time are
they so arranged that the people can
get out of them when fire breaks out
Men who know shake their heads sadly
when you ask them this question. Ana
the same men shudder when YOU ask
them about the moving picture tnedters-
We Americans are a needless and a
forgetful lot. 1t isn't that we don
care Il is because We are too pro-
foundiy absorbed in our individuai con-
Germs and perhaps because, too. we are
a little too much imbued with the de IL
taEe-the- hindmost spirit
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seeing old ones in light. They have broken
away from the conservatism which so long made
them hesitant about changes. They have decided
definitely that number of fundamental things about
our system are wrong and that changes must be
adopted. They are ready to try the changes. Popu-
lar election of Senators is only of these others
will come along fast enough.
Forty-eight legislatures and the National Con-
gress will all be benefited by the change. The legs-
latures will enter new era of independence Of
Washington domination. No longer will legs-
lature be chosen with special, almost exclusive,
reference to the Senatorshp. The State capitols will
be divorced from National Capitol control They will
devote themselves to their real business of legisla-
ton for the States. 1t is impossible to overestmate
the value of this new declaration of independence
and autonomy by the States.
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POPULARITY ELECTED SENATORS.

When Senator Root solemnly declared, two years
or SO ago. that there real popular demand
for constitutional amendment looking to direct
election of Senators, he doubtless fully believed what
he said. The distinguished Senator from New York
merely mistaken, as he has been on so many
ether occasions Senator Root understands the pro-
cesses of the judicial mind vastly better than those
of tine public mind.
But in truth he was not so badly mistaken as
would appear from the fact that this amendment has
been ratified in less than eleven months, by the al
most unanimous action of those legislatures that have
lad chance to consider it. There has been sharp
cnange of public attitude toward governmental ques-
lions. The people have been seeing new issues, and
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THE CHINESE CONGRESS.

There were some four millions of people in the
thirteen colonies when constitutional regime
created. 1t was at that, a tremendous experiment
But how Insignificant when compared to that of
China, with hundred times as many people, and
not nearly so much national sentiment as existed
among the people of the thirteen colonies!
China's experiment in republican institutions is
the biggest governmental adventure ever entered
upon in this world There have been comparable
transfers of power from dynasty to another, but
never from an imperialism to the body of the people
So vast and remote is the scene of this great
Oriental drama that if the experiment shall fail it
can have no unfortunate effect republican insti-
tutions elsewhere. But if it shall succeed it will
unquestonably strengthen the tide that everywhere
runs powerfully toward the ideals and institutions
of democracy.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
What S on the Program, In
Washinaton Today

The following Masonic Organisations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Harmony
No. II. NJ. NJ: school of instruction:
ST. Johns Mite Association. Royal
Arch Chapters-School of Instruction.
Eastern Star Chapters-Naomi. NO. .;
Brookland. No. IL, meeting In grand
chapter room to form new Eastern
The Following /. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Federa
city, No. -. grand visitation: Eastern.
No : and Harmony. No 3, degree;
Friendship, No. u. business Encamp-
ment-Columbia. No !, degree,
The following X. of p. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Mt. Yer
non. No. 5: Hermione, No; IL. business
Union. No. -; Columbia, No. IS.
Pvthian Sisters-Friendship Temple,
No. .. business. Military Department
washington Company. No. I. business
The following Red Mems organizations
will meet tonight: Saltese Tribe, NO.
I6: White Eagle Council. No. T.
The following National Union Councils
will meet tonight: Postoffice Depart
ment and Interior.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
THIS& THAT
Wah sem<f,re, q L,tfle srtAe otAe-

The attitude of this column toward
Chinese recognition is a vacillating
one, but it will cheer Ban johnson to
baseball season for the year 1918. The
American League winner-and you'll
remember that We prophesied fair
weather for March 3 and rain for March
4. thereby batting 1.Ooo-wilI be the Bos-
ton club. followed by Philadelphia and
Washington in the order named. Put
down your bets.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

a RE you acquainted with the
~ fact that On every school day of
the year a school house Is
burned in this country? 1t is
| statistical fact 1t is one of those
| statistical facts showing that il We are
| careless We are also a lucky people.
or course the luck can't always be eX-
pected to hold. Occasionally the burned
| school house is crowded with children.
You remember how many little school
| children were burned to death when
| the little schoolhouse at CollingswoOd,
Ohio. near Cleveland, burned few
years ago.
| Or do you remember? The question
When that terrible thing happened
there was a nationwide demand that
| all schoolhouses should be properly
| protected from fire. Have they been?
| Experts who know tell us that they
have not been.
The statistics back them up. Our luck
consists in the fact that most of the
daily schoolhouse fires happen when
| the children are not in the schools.
But that sort of luck can't always con-
| tinue. The mathematical proposition
called the maturity of chance is
against it
Now there is a continent-wide outcry
| that all OF the many rotten, danger
! Gus dams in the United States, must -
rebuilt and male safe. The needless
sacrifice of life and property in the
middle West through the giving way OF
ancient dams that cIImbled Ike tinfOi'
before the onslaught of swollen. savage
, waters started this outcrT
VIII il he needed? Perhaps. Let il
I've hoped so. But it is easy to recall
, the same outcry that was made after
the JohnStown flood, probably the
worst single catastrophe due to Il
breaking dam in history. Everywh ere
in this country where there Were an
tioua ted, ieasy. WORKOUT dams at that
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
THE OPEN SEASON ON.

1t will now be the open season for tariff 'jokers,
to continue until the law has passed. and there
after without intemission until the customs author
ities have completed the Interpretation of the new
act
Meanwhile, such questions as why cash registers
should be free and shoe machinery taxed; why whea,
ously, and the wild waves doubtless will make
answer.
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Here's a Book
-TuE JUDGMENT HOUSE.
~ Gilbert Parker, Harper and
Brothers, Of New York, Pub

Brothers, of New York, Pub
fishers.
After an author has favored the read
! ing public with book Of rare quality
| and interest. there is always that feel
i irg Cf apprehension for an idol on a
! p. destai. when the announcement is
II ade that Il new book is IL come from
the same pen. Time and time again,
howeyc;. Sir Gilbert Parker has given
cut novels of literary worth and fas-
chatting Import. whose characters are
real personalities to thousands Of
readers.
His new book The Judgment
House." is no disappointment. II is a
tale of the ives of two men and one
woman, and now they worked out their
problem. LAID first N England. then
shifted to Souh Africa. where the for
tunes Of war help to UnraVcl the skein
G. fate.
torted types, without dragging before
the attention some wracking moral
problem. which leaves the reader tlreo
aid worried, with said problem no
nearer It's settlement, Parker has writ
ten q thrilling. vital tale. pregnant with
life ard color, but whose plot is so care
fully woven and eliminated. and whose
peoples are SO human. that one closes
the book With a sign of satisfaction for
fight we'll fought and worthy friends
met.
There are several illustrations by w.
Hathcrall. which are disappointment
IN the Parker book One cannot help
l. issirg tn. work of that artist who
caught So deftly the spirit of the author
In the Right Of Way"
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
A WORD FOR "JIM HAM,"

The Honorable James Hamilton Lewis of llli-
nois has become United States Senator, and
there will forthwith be new series of apostrophies
10 the famous whisker.
In which connection. somebody might in justice
refer to the fact that of ali the men who welded the
gavel at the turbulent Baltimore convention last
summer, this same man Lewis was the most effec-
tive, efficient, and successful presiding officer.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
GETTING INTO REAL CLASS.

Tne Presidents delivery was free, and his condi-
ton seemed most promising, during the brief Con-
gressional inning on Tuesday. The fans are not
quite agreed, however whether he got the ball over
the center of the plate, or clipped corner.
A better line on his performance will be Sc
cured tomorrow, when he will pitch the first ball
in the opening of the American League game season
at Florida avenue park. The President will then ap-
pear in really fast company, and his performances
with the Congressional minors will to be sig
nifcant
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
IN REBUTTAL.

IN REBUTTAL.
What though my verses have but two
or rhyming words? Is that a crime?
II so. consult Bret Hartc, Van Dyke
And others who affect this rhyme.
However, sir. if you prefer.
More frequent rhyme. I'll take the
time
Thus to concur with your dcmur
And upward climb TO verse sublime
ANA FEST
The Metropolis ,New York;.
But there's no use spelling your day
In advance.
Enter baseball.
Exit the so-called exhibition game.
We could, Of coarse, offer a prediction
oil tomorrow's weather
G, S, X
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

George E. Roulette has succeeded V.
Moore Cushwa as president OF the Ha-
gerstown Country Club, and Mr.. White
~ is Great Sachem OF the Red Men of
Virginia. The earth may now continue
to reyolve.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
AmusementS.

AmuSementS.
NationaH"The Count of LUXEMBOURG
2:l5 and S:l5 p. m
Columbia-.'A Night Out" Sis p. m.
ReIasco-Mantelf, in 'Richelieu," 2:i5
D. M; "OtheIlo.'' Sis p. m.
Poli's-"The Dollar Mark" AIS and
sis p. m.
Chase's-Talki ing pictures. to II .. M
Academy-"Mutt and Jeff." Sis p. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Lyceum-"The Rosebuds." .;l5 and Sis
p. m
Gayety-"Lovemakers a:1S and Sis
.. m
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
Strange Youth.

Doctor-What makes think the bo! normal?
Mother-Fvery last
month and YET doesn't think he knows more than hs
Record.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

Wen wager something against some
thing else that coveted pasteboards'
will not be used more than 10000 times
between now and october.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

The Post" however. threatens TO
spoil it all by styling it 'clean-up''
week It's deserving of better.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

WHY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
SHOULDN'T BE RECOGNIZED.
The glossy finish that a Chinese
laundry puts on collars.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

The Chamber of Commerce has in
dOrsed cleanup week. Let the work
proceed
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

While on Chinese recoSnizance, is it
pertinent to mention that there fire.
quently is discord in the concert of the
powers?
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

The Republic of China was launched
yesterday, but we failed to read that
anybody broke a bottle of champagne
over the Presidents head.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
WOODROW.

A prec' dent by the rivers brim
An airy nothing is to him,
And it is nothing more.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

o. K ON THE T4LKIES
The moving picture speaks, and having
spoke,
Moves on, nor all the toit you can In
yoke
Can help you to ercoridte therefrom
A single, solitary little Joke.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
Referred to Mr.. Foster.

G.. G. X: Isn't an undertaking estab-
lishment a bureau Of engraving?
CHENNIE
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

Chicago theaters, II appears, are out
of sympathy with the Democratic tar
III ideas. They have abolished the free
list
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
TO PROPHETS IN GENERAL.

(Rebult from one written in 1872 and in.
tended a summary of % A. 1907 OF base
ball pOetry)
When inclined to prophesy some,
Kick the musty topics out;
Get on lively subjects; try some.
Thing a fellow cares about.
When you probe the future murky
Don't disturb the tariff much.
Nor what's going on in Turkey
Women, politics, nor such.
Do not prophesy the weather;
We don't give a darn for it.
All of those things put together
Fail to int'rest US bit.
Do not, prithee, try to drag in
Those, which are not worth bean
But foretell who'll win the flag in
Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

Comcth the Cubist, or ant!-home team
umpire.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

Despite the competition at the ball
park, the dog show, with dogged deter
mination, will make its bow (wowD to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

For the benefit of those who read
carelessly. We repeat that the forego-
ing is a burlesque. The repetition should
save several people a 2-cent stamp. =.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

Speaking of which, the Star sheds
some light on the matter "They WERE"
It remarks, personal friends or near
friends" near-friend is our fash
light Of nothing to have.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

For the Personal Friends Club: Over
and above 5000" from the income-tax
hill
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
Absolutely No!

G. S X: Did you ever hear a joke
about doughnuts that failed to mention
the hole?
F. F. d.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-07-25

3. "Cooperative Marketing in North
Carolina" J. W. Shuford, Hickory, n.
C.
4 General discussion led by Clar-
ence Poe, A. P. Bourland and South
Carolina farmers.
5. Marketing the Cotton Crop"
Mr. W. R. Meadows, cotton technolo-
gist, Office of markets, United States
department of agriculture
General discussion.
Thurdsay afternoon, $50 to 6-Sec-
ton conference:
a. con the Work of the Church in
Country Development"
b. "On HEALTH" arranged by DR..
VIM. Weston, president State Medica!
society.
c. Conference of farmers and bus
mess men on Marketing and Credit"
arranged by E. W. Dabbs.
d. "On Woman's Work., arranged
by Mrs. NJ. F. Coleman, Abbeville, S.
C.
C. con Cooperation Between Col
leges and High Schools" DR.. R. P.
Pell, presiding
f. cooperation of Chambers of
Commerce For Rural Development"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-07-25

4. Building a Teaching Profession
in South Carolina" Superintendent S.
H. Edumunds, of Sumter, S. C.
s.. Child Labor and its Relations
to School Attendance"
Thursday evening, $50 to 11-Gen-
eral topic, problems of Citizenship"
1. public Health in South Caro-
lima"
2. Building Community Pride in
Mill Village" Mr.. L. P. Hollis, su-
perintendent social work, Parker Cot
ton mills.
3. Education and Citizenship" Dr.
P. P. Claxton, United States commits
sioner of education.
4. "The Majesty of the Law" Dr.
H. N. Snyder, president of Wofford
college.
Special Conference.
August Z, Thursday morning, 9 to
11-Special conference on cooperation
in marketing, E. W. Dabbs, president
Farmers union, presiding.
1. Typical Examples of Loss to
Farmers on Account of Poor Market
ing"
2. "Creating a Home Market For
Home Products" E. J. Watson
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first one, "Man and Woman"

first one, ''Man and Woman"
These are busy days at the Ramo
studios, especially the shipping de-
partment, which has been installed.
It is worth while to spend few
spare moments inspecting the new
Ramo posters.
GaumOnt Co. Secures Hamlet by Rob-
erts0n
The Gaumont Co. we're successful
in persuading the eminent actor, Sir
Johnston Forbes Robertson, on the
eve of his retirement, to allow his
magnificent production of Hamlet to
be perpetrated upon the screen.
A large force has been working
night and day for several weeks max
ing and painting the beautiful scenery
which will be used for all the interior
scenes. Very elaborate preparations
are also being made at Bushey, where
there is some beautiful natural seem
cry which is peculiarly suitable,
whilst a temporary outdoor studio
has been erected there in order to ia
cilitate the work In addition to all
this, on the cliffs of Lulworth Cove
is being built a magnificent castle,
which is to be an. exact replica of the
famous old pile still standing in Den
mark. This is being erected absolute
ly regardless of expense, the only con-
dition laid down for the builders be-
ing that it shall be an exact copy of
the original.
Messrs. Gaumont have had to pay
Sir Robertson very high price for
the film, for which they expect tre-
mendous vogul
A little by-play on the American re-
leases this wee, "She will never know
that "Jealousy's Trail" was the road
to 'Tom Blake's Redemption.
Favorite hot weather photo player
Marguerite Snow.
In Selig's GA Wild Ride" Bessie
Eyton mas a thrilling ride on an os-
trich
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G.. J. Hite BuyS a Yacht.

C. J. Hite, president of Thanhouser
Co., has become yachting enthusiast
since purchasing a beautiful boat, and
joined the New Rochelle yachting
club This is the only relaxation Mr
Hite allows himself from the stren-
uous duties of directing the produc-
ing of Thanhouser and New Majestic
pictures.
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ESSanay Notes.

During the taking of an Essanay
feature photo play entitled, "Fear," "
Howard Missimer almost lost his life.
1t was necessary in one of the scenes
to have an explosion which was to
destroy block house. The explosion
occurred in good order and beam
running across the top was cracked
in two and fell, hitting Missimer on
the shoulder and knocking him un-
conscious. 1t was fully 25 minutes
before he was brought to.
The physician who attended Mr..
Missimer declared the latter's should
der blade had been broken. Mr.. Mis-
sinner is at his home under the care
of a doctor
Ruth Stonehouse, leading lady of
Essanay Eastern Stock Co., returned
to work last week. Miss Stonehouse
has been i'll for the last three weeks
with Scarletina. A surprise party
was given in her honor by members
of the stock company. Flowers were
sent to her from all parts Of the
country by her unnumbered admir-
ers. A beautiful floral piece was
sent to her by the photoplay fans of
Denver. Miss Stonehouse will be
featured in some forthcoming dra-nat-
ic productions.
=
Virginia Harmed in Pictures.
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Best LexatiTe For the Aged.

Old men and women feel the need
of laxative more than young folks,
but it must be safe and harmless and
one which will not cause pain. DR..
Kings New Life Pills are especially
good for the aged, for they act prompt
" and easily. Price Csc. Recon-
mended by all druggists. 4