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The Washington times., 1913-03-26
THE MODERN CITYs DANGERS.

Liability to great disasters by flood is of the
penalties that modern cities pay for the privilege Of
usiEg modern transportation facilities. When the
railroad came, the town that was set upon hill
moved down into the valley, or new one grew up
there and the old decayed because it was neces
sa for the railroads to be built along the streams,
the lines of most gradient. So industry and
transportation have their habtats on the owlands,
as concession to the everlasting force of gravity.
Men, it is alleged, might grow seven or eight feet
tall if If not for the limitation that gravity i'm
poses. Likewise cities might be built out of the way
of floods but for that same restriction. The typical
modern city consists of two sections, one industrial
and built on the low grounds in concession to the
needs of industry, the other residential and built high
er. But the tendency is always for the industrial
population to gather in the lower places, about the
industries in which they are employed. So there
is always great population exposed to such dangers
as have overtaken the stricken Ohio cities.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Here's a Book

.'It Is quite unnecessary to know any
thing of either whist or bridge to
readily learn to play q good game OF
auction bridge"
Thus states a late publication from
the house Of Harper Brothers. Of New
York. called Scientific Auction Bridge"
written by E. v. Shepard and indorsed
by the Whist Club Of New York The
work il not only for the benefit Of ex-
perfenced players. but for the un-
initiated as well. Many books are prone
to give tiresome illustrations with won
derful series Of cards which rarely or
never appear In one hand In Looo ysarA
but the Shepard book 10 founded on
mathematical facts presented In . sim
pie fashion capable Of being grasped
easily There IL nothing involved. moth
Ing complicated. in any Of the chapters
Do you own a boy or a motor boat or
both? Motor Boating for Boye by
Charles G. Davis, Of the editorial STAN
of q prominent motor boat periodical. IL
q delightfully."- clear little volume TOR
either father or SON. The illustrations
in mechanical drawings and cuts VIII
prove a wonderful help in the under
standing Of the mechanism Of the en-
gfne. Bits of general Information con-
cerning water etiquette in general are
also given. Harper Brothers. Of New
York, are the publishers-
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

wage-earners are generally at steady employment on
an increasing scale of pay.
And this situation, it should be remarked again,
prevails the very edge of tariff trimming that, if
irrational drastic or somewhat immoderate,
nancia structures of the United States.
That things be they are indicates more
than general confidence that there will be tariff
smashing that will also smash the country. 1t
that there has been great deal of exaggeration
about the penalties inflicted upon the public by the
high of living If high prices had been and were
prohibitve of buying by the public as politi
cal argument has declared then the story would be
exactly opposite to the facts given to by trade
reports.
1t is an enormous national consumption that calls
for the business transactions revealed in those re-
ports. 1t is in many respects, unprecedented con-
sumption. And people nationally sinking into pow
erty, or nationally undergoing financial hardship, is
never increasing and ever-increasing consumer.
people in that condition is always diminishing con-
sumer with railway traffic slackening, mills and fac
tories slowing down machinery, bank cearances sink
ing, and Shops here there and everywhere, putting
up their shutters
The United States is superlatvely, marvelously
public must be having general share in that pros
periy; else the very records made by the producing
industries the railways and the financial institutions
would not be what they are. 49,
Without the welfare of a whole people there can
not be national score of record-breaking industry
and business.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
PASSING OF A FAMOUS POLICE CHIEF.

What would be thought if man should be select
ed for police chief in America who had been COVER
nor general of a colonial possession and was uni
versiy graduate, trained lawyer and member of
learned societies? Mr.. Taft whom this description
would fit was made Secretary of War, and, soon af-
terward President. Louis Lepine, Frenchman who
aiso measured up to it, made prefect of the Paris
police, post which he has resigned.
Not only France but Europe will miss Lepine.
Monarchs statesmen and other great personages
knew and trusted him. When they went to Paris
their safety was in his hands. He knew plot and
counterplot royal intrigue and anarchist conspiracy
His keen eyes saw the mysteries of superworld and
the underworld.
He commanded large bodies of troops at times,
using them, with the art of master of stagecraft to
Impress the turbulent popuace when great strikes
we're on. The "Apaches" and the motor bandits
found his skill too much for them in the end. He es-
tabiished training school for detectives and inspired
them with his leadership. repository of count
less secrets, he knew when to speak and when to be
silent
Take him all in ALL it is not likely that Paris will
soon 6nd his equal. But more to the point is the
fncs that she will at proceed to try to find
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
UPROOTING A BAD INDUSTRY.

The government in China has given an
earnest of its real progressveness by taking hold of
the opium traffic with strong hand and vigorous
purpose to destroy it. In time when our own coun-
try is beginning to give to warnings that the drug
nabt is getting a dangerous hold on hundreds Of
thousands of people, we may be better able than
formerly realize the blight that opium has meant
in China.
The new republican leadership has manifested
human sensibtes economic intelligence, and So
cial understanding in many directions More than
this it has startled the world by the demonstration
it has given tat the Of people are willing to
20 along with the kind of leadership that has been
trained in the Western school. Nowhere, however,
has the enlightened new administration Of China
confronted more difficult problem than this of
opium prohibition. Not only is tine pill habit firmly
established among millions of the people, but power
full commercial interests prepared to fight for
their privilege of debauchins the peope-for the
profits thereof
These interests are both foreign and domestic
II has been pointed out for example, that great
foreign debt, administered by the powers might very
soon complcate this opium problem, by making the
opium revenue important to maintenance of tine ma
tional credit 1t would be fine thing for the United
States to be partner in suzeranty China, that
would find it necessary TO interfere with the eradica
ton Of the opium habit. -
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
MAKING A MODEL WASHINGTON.

The experts in municipal management, who have
been talking to President Wilson about making q
model city of Washington, have talked with an in
telgence not often enough discernbe in the CONVEX
sation of folks who have dreams of ideal Capital
There is too much discussion of things outside the
curb line and the lot line and too little of things
back of the lot line. There is too general impress
sion that shade trees neatly trimmed, and ample ex
panse of asphalt make model town. They help; but
underlying these things is the question of how they
are come by" of what they cost, of whether they
are the main consideration or incidents.
It has been proposed to make a survey, an init
mate detailed, comparative study of the whole Wash
ington municipal organization and administration
That is the proper first step. Let it be determined
wherein the present administration is good and
wherein it is bad wherein is economic and wherein
wasteful Let efficiency and results and costs be sci
up in parallel columns analyzed and contrasted witt,
the like factors in the governments of other cities,
American and foreign.
Just such study as this is needed, not only for
Washington but for the sake of that national interest
in Washington which aspres to make it not only beau
tiful to look upon, but real example of municipal
perfection in organization and management.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
THE OHIO FLOODS.

II likely to be several days before adequate
information will be available concerning the extent
of the floods that have brought unprecedented dis
aster to the State of Ohio With railroad and trolley
communication paralyzed and wires down. it is we'll
nigh impossible either to get facts, or to rush the
needed relief to the sufferers. Not improbably the
aftermath of physical suffering, of pestence and ex-
posure, dragging through weeks and months, will be
quite as serious experience the first shock OF
the great disaster. ..'. ...- r..
Without doubt hundreds Of lives have been lost;
likely the number runs into the thousands The heart
of the disaster lies in the valley whose chief city is
Dayton and like the Johnstown horror is traceable
to the breaking of dam and the loosing of the i'm
pounded waters of a vast reservoir whose dam was
weakened by the floods.
The question of relief for the sufferers is not Of
whether Ohio is able to take care of its own far
as material resource is concerned but whether it can
find the wherewithal to care for them in time. Aid,
in such situations as this, must be instant to be Of
most USE Governor Cox has done precisely the right
thing in making appeal for help from the outside.
1t is poor and inconsderate pride that too often
dictates a proud declination of aid that is anxious
for the opportunity of service. The whole tragic
story of what such situation imposes is told in the
experience g. cne town that needs cofins by the
hundreds while there are not over fifty in the place.
1t isn't question of the towns ability to bury its
own dead but it is very serious matter to get the
coffns when they. are needed.
The nation, the States, the cities and towns, the
Red Cross, the benevolences of public and private
character will rise to the demands of the OCCASION
as they always do and once there will be pre-
sented the inspiring spectacle Of great American
community rehabilitating itself with indomitable
energy and determination
SUCH disasters as have marked this spring season
are recognized nowadays as truly national in their
character The great property loss that one section
suffers must in the end be spread over the widest
possible section of the people. The whole economic
scheme is unbalanced by the destruction of vast
property, and the community thousand miles from
the seat of the actual physical disturbance must pay
its part. For this reason tine cooperation of the
whole country in helping to repair such tremendous
damages as wrought at time like this is dictated
as we'll by sound economic reason as by the humane
sentiments of all the people.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
What's on the Program in
Washinqton Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodge-Harmony,
No. Il. special Is o'clock F. C.: sta.
ted G:S0 o'clock. business and SOCIAL
feature. School of instruction. Royal
Arch Chapters-School Of instruction.
knights Templar-Washington Conn
mandery. No. l. Eastern Star chap
ters-Naomi. No. 3. social: Brooklano.
No. II.
The following I. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Eastern.
No. Z, degree work: Harmony. No. =.
degree work: Federal City. No. 20,
and Friendship. No l.. business. En-
campment-Columbia, No. !. grand
visitation.
The following X. of P. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Mt. Yer
No. %; Columbia, No. %. Pythian
Sisters-Friendship Temple. No. ..
The following Red Mems organizations
will meet tonight: Saltese Tribe. No.
10. White Eagle Council. No. 1
Amusements.
National-Mrs. Fiske In The High
Road" 2:l5 and Sis D. m.
Columbda-'The Love Leash" Sis D. m.
Belasco-"The Typhoon. 2:15 and Sis
Poirs.Pon Players in The College
Widow" 2:15 and Sis p. m.
Chases-Polite vaudeville. s:ls and s:ls
D. m
Academy-"The White slave" Sis .. m.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Ccsmos-Vaudeville.
Lyceum-"The Girls From Missouri"
2:15 and s:l5 p. m
Gayety-Trocadero burlesQuers. 3:u and
SIS p. m.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
To Prolong Life
The Common "Cold.'

~ "a cold' people generally un-
K derstand ono Of several COM
l. mon. everyday. mild diseases
affecting either the nasal pas
sages or the throat or the larger bron-
chial tubes. or perhaps all Of these at
the same time. Not one Of them Is a
severe affiiction by itself. Usually the
one afflicted suffers the annoyance for
q week or two till the disease has run
its natural course and died its natural
death. But in each Of them there IL the
lurking danger Of far graver trouble to
the sufferer himself a. we'll As to those
who chance to come in contact with
him. 1t II for this reason that these
common, trivial diseases must be
guarded against and prevented In order
to raise the general standard of health
and to prolong life.
The ordinary attack Of nasal catarrh.
or cold in the head, II frequently re-
peated. will not merely inJure the deli
cate mucous membrane Of the nose and
destroy the sense of smell. but may, by
direct extension from nose to throat and
from throat through the eustachian
tubes into the ears. result IN impair
ment Of hearing or total deafness, OF
even death.
Catarrhs and infiammations of the
throat and tonsils are dangerous for all
these reasons. as well as for the fact
that such organs are In direct proximity
| to the opening that leads into the lungs.
Disease In them may easily find It's
way into the organs of breathing, and
| SO the dangerous diseases of pneumonia
and tuberculosis may be contracted.
Bronchitis, or cold in the chest" Is
especially dangerous. For the delicate
membranes which line the tubes of the
lungs cannot Withstand the invasion OF
| the germs Of disease when in an un-
| healthy state. Consumption or pneu-
monia will never attack a person In
sound health with the organs Of breath
Ing intact.
| Moreover, these mild conditions named
are not only menace to him who Is
| Ill but also to those that are well. For
every one i'll with catarrh, bronchitis,
and tonslitis carries about with him
and disseminates wherever he goes the
germs that cause these ailments. Per-
| sons with whom he comes I'm contact
may contract disease from him.
| To prevent "a cold" is simple Live
as nature demands you to live. Eat
plenty of wholesome. nourishing food.
| but do not overeat. Take enough rest
and Sleep Avoid fatigue and staying UP
| iii all hours of the night. Enjoy plenty
| of fresh air both day and night. AS
a direct measure to prevent these mild
affections. battle daily and sponge face,
neck and chest thoroughly with cold
water and keep teeth and mouth whole
some and clean.
These simple. natural measures will
Lcen YOU well, will minimize general
disease and thus lead to longevity.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
HIGH RECORD BUSINESS.

What the actual figures if they were obtanable,
might show about overstocks of commodities can
not say. Individual banks, lending to their clients
and keeping themselves informed to the conditions
of their clients, might know about this industry or
that industry in one field or in another field Jobbers,
in the same unrelated activities, might also know
about particular individuals or groups. But
common ard authentic records of such things in the
mass are in existence.
Nevertheless, when great buyers like railroads,
Industrial combinations and wholesale distributors
are buying supplies both freely and largely in the
face of almost immediate tariff revision and COM
ercial readjushnent it is safe to say that in few
lines are the warehouses packed with products that
caanet be moved" or that in the commercial field
fne sEeves of shops are loaded with dead" stocks.
If stocks were not both light, compared with the
demand of the ultimate consumer, and moving freely
toward that consumer, wholesalers would surely stop
taking from the mills and factories and the mills and
factories would surely stop producing. But all trade
reports show that the productive machinery OF the
nation 10 whirng to an extraordinary extent and that
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Dangerous Place.

- AMMY LOU was visiting Lu-
N cindy. The latter lifted boil
v ing pot of the stove and set II
In the fireless cooker. covered
II closely. and pushed 1t under the
table.
whats yuh agoin' Z DO Wild dat potT'
Use a-goin' to cook dem beans In de
fireless cooker
Nanny rose. a scared. hunted look on
her wrinkled face.
Does yuh mean t tell me yuh a-goin'
4 bile dem beans without fiah?'
Lucindy nodded. Nanny backed to
the door and looked ut the girl as at an
apparition, then, with defiance, mingled
with fear. commanded:
put on your bonnet. You sure Is
hoodooed. You amt goin' L live in no
house where the devil does de cookin'."
-Ju6gA .....-- ..
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Not Very.

A SMALL girl of five was walking
~ recently with her mother
n through the Public Garden
In Boston. The Washington
Monument attracted her attention, and
she inquired what 1t was.
That" replied her mother. Is .
statue OF George Washington.
The little lady regarded II critically
for some moments. and then she said:
Washington didn't take q very Tood
statue, did he. motherr'-Everybodya =
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
CLIFFORD T. MYNDoTT.

r.. when he left office, gathered
up his official speeches and pronounce
ments and had them published In book
form. Others have done the same.
Consequently we suggest the plan to
Willis L. Moore, volume Of whose
prophecies-to be called. say. Forecasts
and Fol-de-ror'-would take rank with
the years best fiction. We offer the
Idea freely and gracefully. and shall
not even ask royaltv on the volume.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Full Many a Time and Oft

G. s. X: Did you ever pass the post.
bergian attitude Of the persons trying
to read the p.-o. clock from the car?
CRITIC
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
We Forgot About That.

@. 8. K: You're overlooking some
thing. Not only are the foreign posts
the original big sticks. but Congress will
be asked to give the ENJOYS room and
board.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

A LITTLE MUSIC, PLEASE.
olney, Eliot, Mott, McCombs,
All will stick to their various homes:
Not a one of the bunch will 20;
They're long On diplomacy, but short
on dough.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Some day-not soo- of course, but rl-
the Government kiosk in front OF the
Munsey building and find out what the
deuce they have in II.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Senator Borah comes out for sim
plicity in embassies. and has the dis
tinction Of being the second person to
do so in the past three days. For adj
vance political news
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

G. 8. X: NY conception OF a perfect
cook is one who can build an eight
layer cake Of all filling and no cake.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Logrolling. in the case Of a blanket
tariff. will be as easy as rolling on a.
but perhaps that's where the phras.
originated
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Fantasia.

@. 8. K: am the fan who forx.t,
to bring a pencil and makes you en-,
yours In two to save me a nickel.
SLIPPERY.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Perhaps we're unsportsmanlike and
the things that go with IT: at any rat.
We can't work up a bit Of interest IN
whether the New York yachters accent
the challenge or tell Sir Thomas to 70
to.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Should Washington be made the model
city 1t will become our duty to me.a-
morphose this mellifiuous melange into
,i,c model colurrn.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
THIS& THAT
H'ffh .Senef,nes Q L,tfle srfhe Other
THE CONFESSIONS OF A CLERK.

4 simple office clerk am /,
And have a thousand glaring faults
l labor when the boss is nigh,
And when he's not I prance and
waltz.
1 borrow from the firms cashier
And let him have my little note;
I stick pen behind my ear;
I wear. shiny office coat.
l act as though I owned the place:
I spend my kale before I'm paid;
And yet I have one saving grace:
1 NEVER WEAR A GREEN EYE.
SHADE
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
NO, Trinidadgast You'll

". .. K: The "cfenfuecos" is here
with a cargo Of asphalt. Do you think
the boat pitched much on the way
over?
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

For the Personal Friends Cub: Par.
tisan politics. gift OF John P. Mitchell
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
A Belated One.

David Pasha has surrendteredJ.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

Business Of casting our model city
ballot for Kalamazoo.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

.,s" "s MEM, , O''s< y" '''' continue waste "0S0'
Hon long wilt thou seek convince them with FRANK
NESS,
Verify pe, thou that chatereh of "reason unto
a babe and preacheth "ethics' a kitten!
For, not among them shall believe thee!
charge think gladden. the hea youth BY
" singing praises honestly declaring LLKEST
For he shall crawl within frightened TURTLE
crying:
go tol make GAME of me, only faer
me- that she may WORK me3"
shoudst thou frankly tell him that he abomnaion
thy sight, he shall expand NTH PANTY, saying:
"Aha! She is piqued She seeketh to lure on NTH in
dtferencer"
For unto a man. LANGUAGE mouth of a but
the whch she conealeh thoughts the pe which
copeth her "real meaning"
Lo should thine husband question thee saying:
Darling, hon camest thou marry me9 and shoudH thou
ANSWER him truly saying
because thou Weret mine ONLY chance wouLd ne believe
thee?
Nay perlyl He laugh and kiss endery And
his home would be filled with pisons of his panquhed rivals
Yet alas thou shouldst seek tlatter him. saying
Beoped have known and been loved by them yet
out of the BUNCH chose thee" would chuckle dsp
de'ug at thy guelessness il" thinking to dazzle him NTH such ~
tales"
When thy Beoped saith thee Am the FIRST BY whom
kssed'" charge thee him. SAYING
Na nay Not of mine acquaintances do aw to escape
Behold / have kissed them ALL!'
And he shall be satisfied, believing thee not.
shoudst cry "Yea, yea! Thou the Frsand Only
oner he would suddenly be filled NTH doubts.
to! Epery is like unto actress that must paint
coos order that she naurd in
the of
Ver, pey say thee the all the world to
deceipe any tell him the HONEST TRUTH!
For this thing which teHeth womdu
is the last thing which he e1pecteth from
Behold Diogenes himself did not seek to find HONEST
WOMAN for he believed that tste mas mo such aama Sen
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Almost q DAYS Salar-

g. 8. K: VIII lou kindly let US know
the amount Of the dentist bill that you
nave been waiting So patiently for?
NEYJ.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26
Where Did They Spend the Nieht7

From the 'Post)
Mrs. Wilson. accompanied by one
OF her daughters. visited the gallery
(Corcoran Arp Saturday. March Is, and
returned the next day.
our sympathy to Mr.. Wilson. and
we hope the Jersey barber will agree
to come to Washington. And II he'll,
open a shop well give him our Gus
tom post-haste, thereby assuring him
success. Voice: "who docs he think
ne is. that suy?) Seriously. though.
were thoroughly tired of the cubist
haircut.
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

We confess to Just a little eur,o.,,v
as to the effect Of a graduated tax or
a freshman income
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

complete figures arc lacking, Tn.
fortunately. owing to the Iep-.n,,,
troubles in the West. but Statistic. nm
70 march e show that sl7 newspapers
hah remarked that politics won't stand
much show for the public interest o,t.-
the ball season gets under way. Which
makes It s1s. .
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

hospital Ambulance viii Have Pull
motor. Times" head.
To pul It?
The Washington times., 1913-03-26

PERSONAL AND PRIVATE
L J. l.: Thanks.
Bisbee daily review., 1913-11-22
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