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The Washington times., 1914-06-23

better things. This year in February
there was introduced into both
houses OF Congress the alley elimi-
nation BILL which purposes to do
away with the alleys entirely, by
turning out a tenth of the population
every year for ten years. II is
probable, and to be fervently hoped,
that this bill will be passed during
the present session OF Congress.
However, the whole question Of
alley elimination does not end here,
and Washington will not hold that
she is doing her whole duty by
turning 1l.326 more or less helpless
people out of homes that were
wretched no doubt, but still the best
they had or could get.
Presumably. the rents Of vacant
houses on the street would not be
lowered to meet their needs. OF
rent for a good deal more than
those in the alleys. Therefore, to
meet, the added expense they would
have 10 crowd together even more
than at present, and at present. in
places, six people are cooking, eat
ing. washing. and sleeping in me
small alley room, They simrly can
not afford TO live otherwise.
Many Of these people are too old
TO work or are the victims of in
dustrial accidents. a great many ere
without male supporters. but a very
small percentage live there because
through shiftlessness or viciousness
they prefer to do so. However. in
such congestion. the few vicious are
a great danger to the morals of the
others. So what to do with the i 1.3e6
persons. mostly colored, who will be
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
What Was Left of Betty.

as / was that you had let her 20.
In fact I was very mad. l was so
mad that / got Indigestion He
raised one paw to his head. ard got
some sUds In his eye. and Fluff
quickly wiped 1t out with the cor
ner of her apron. Sniffle and Snuff
lie moved away. some distance.
L was so mad. and 1 mad such
bad indigestion" he continued with
out paying any attention either to
Fluff OIL the other bunnies, that
tust could see to get out Of the
gate"
He scrubbed steadily for several
seconds. until Fluff thought that
she would surely die of curiosity.
Why In the world was he so slow
about it People who think they
are grown up a:e so tiresome," she
thought.
But he began again. just az she
thought he had stopped tor good.
I went down the road for miles
and miles. and tired to look. but
perhaps did not look very close
ly."
II went off into the woods several
times" he shudiered as II it scared
him to remember. land a horrible
dog that belongs. TO the human be-
ings many miles away, smelt me
and chased me for ever 80 long"
Sniffle and Snuffle stopped wig
Cling their noses when he said dog,
ana stood like statues until he had
finished. Then they snuggled close
together. crept n little bit closer to
the storytc1ler, and began 20 twitch
and wiggie all over. They aunUyed
Fluff. so that she could hardly lis
ten. but she vas too polite to say
tc even notice them as he took up
his story.
II ii hadn't been for a big Drier
patch, he would have caught me. /
jumped into II just in time. l had
to act like a will bunny. ami not at
all as II lived in Tabbyland. tore
my clothes. and at the last moment
/ rolled down 4 bank, behind the :
bush, into a mrdhole."
lie paused and looked at the dirty
water where he had washed his
clothes,
Il had on a fresh ginsha1 arron.
too" he sighed.
"But what about Betty?" began
Fluff Il have tried 20 BE LATENT.
but want to know il you found or
saw anything of her.'
Pinkeye5 drew n long breath: then
he pressed his paws together and
wrung the water out Of then. wiped
his hands on mis- apron, and reached
under his apron into his trousers
pocket he WaltCC 4 moment anS
seemed to rotiCe the tw.tching whis-
kers of Sntffle and Shuttle for the
first time. His eyes grew angry. and
with a quick movement he drew
something out OF his pocket and
threw IL OF the foor. l found that
near the brier hush. and that is ALL
he fairly yelled. Sniffle and Snuffle
were scared several feet into the air.
Fluff fell back In dismav and fright.
P'nkeyes hurried out OF the room
after the other two Bunn!es. who ran
as If the dogs were after them.
Fluff went slowly over to the small
object. stopped and picked II up.
1t was o tiny shoe.
So Betty really was lost IN the
woods, somewhere beyond the brier
bush.
CTomorrow's story,
''rha RunnieS Starf a Search I1nrfY"l
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
By GARDNER MACK.

is as poor as your posters, and that
is what hurts at the box office.
Il don't believe there is a man
within the hearing of my voice that
doesn't, way down deep in his heart,
feel that he ought to buy the clean
est, freshest, and most attractive "a
per that he can lay his hands on. 1t is
more economical to pay for new pa
per than il is to rent paper that has
been handled two or three times.
Even though you may save 4 little
money on the paper cost, are you
considering the amount You are los
ing by the unfavorable impression
you are creating?
While l am talking about clean
paper let me touch on the subject
OF attractiveness as well. Under this
heading comes the poster that
doesn't tell the truth. There was
time when the movhg picture indus
try was in its infancy, when you
could buy any old kind ot ltho-
graph and stick ii up in your lobby.
and humbug the public. That day is
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
THE BEST
Pllotoplay Department in
WASHINGTON
of One Of the
Producers on the
Present Poster
Evil

Is the lurid poster that has been an
eyesore in front of the photoplay
theater ever since it was estab-
lished to be abolished?
II would seem that there is a de-
Cided sentiment in this direction
among the exhibitors and that this
sentiment has been understood by
the manufacturers-the men who are
largely responsible for the kinds Of
posters about which complaint has
been repeatedly made. There is
nothing decorative, nothing attrac-
tive about the majority of the pos
tiers that have been exhibited so far.
And there is often a very mislead-
ing picture-a picture that does not
indicate what is to be shown on the
screen, but something entirely DIFF
fereut. OF all the enemies to the
untruthful, the glaring. the impos-
sible posters of the present perhaps
the most vehement is Joe Brandt OF
the Universal Film Corporation.
Mr. Brandt has been fighting the
poster evil so long that it has be-
come almost a mania with him. he
has studied the matter from every
angle and he cannot see any excuse
for the kinds of posters that some
of the manufacturers are putting
out. He travelled to New York
for the express purpose of putting
his views before the international
convention with the idea of getting
reforms started that would bring
real results.
There are so many different
angles to the poster situation that l
have determined to base my talk on
two particular points that l con-
slider most essential. Mr.. Brandt
told the other exhibitors. ''One is
clean front and the other poster
progressiveness! Poster advertising
OF a high grade amusement should
al all times be clean and presentable.
Posters have become recognized as
a tremendously vital element in the
success or failure of theater. They
are almost as important as the quail
ity of your program. No matter what
program you are using, either
through choice or by force of cir
Cumstances, you are not getting 100
per cent value out of your. invest
ment II you are using dirty paper.
II may cost you a few cents or a
few dollars more TO get up a clean
front as well as an attractive one,
but il will pay you bigger dividends
as sure as fate.
What Is the use of having crack
ing good films and a hundred per
cent program II you are going to
show mussed-up posters? You have
received black eye from the public
before II has even entered your
theater. I can't understand, to save
my life. why an exhibitor should be
careless about the front Of his thea
ter. He ought to make II as attrac-
tive as he knows how. No matter
what run of film he is using, he
ought to insist on clean, fresh
posters. Posters are always an at
tractive form Of advertising. Every
up lithograph In front of your house
YOU are plainly advertising the fact
that you are a careless business
man. You are practically forcing an
opinion on the public that your show
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
BY FLORENCE E. YODER

HEN Fluff, the little kitty
w girl, and Snifne and
w Snuffie. the two Bunnies,
got up the next morning
after Pinkeyes had gone out In the
woods to hunt for Betty. the doll
who was lost in the Tabbyland
woods. this is what they saw.
Pfnkeyes looking very tired and
worn, with his face very sad, lean
ing over the washtub washing
clothes!
Fluff was the first one to get to
him.
When did YOU get back, and what
did you find?' she cried. as she pur-
red about him and petted him. He
did look SO mussed. But Pinkeyes
only shook his head. leaned on the
top Of the wash board for a moment,
and then started washing again.
But you must speak" Fluff was
about to shake him. but Pinkeyes be-
gan very slowly. never stopping his
washing. The other two Bunnies
Snifhe and Snuffe, crept silently for
ward. wiggling their noses SO hard
that they fairly trembled all over.
At the first move from Pinkeyes they
were ready to run. for they were ter
ribly afraid of him.
When I left the house last night
I was not SO sorry that she was lost
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
Mary Fuller Jumps to
The Universal Company

The Universal is standing in the center
Of a kaleidoscope shift of players, go
ing and coming-mostly coming.
The latest additions to the Universal
stafr are Mary Fuller. from the Edison,
who goes into the opposition camp with
her director, Walter Edwin. Charles
Orle is also in the Edison group tho
Universal has captured.
To replace Leah Baird with the Imp
Company. the Universal concern has
Violet Mesereau. who was in "Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm" on the road. Miss
Mesereau takes the vacated spot, in
stead Of Grace Cunard. as first an
nounced.
Miss Fuller is one Of the most popu-
lar Of screen players, and has had her
picture work for several years directed
by NJ. Edwin
Warren Kerrigan, perhaps the most
popular movie star ever employed by
the Universal, has seeded from that
combination to start filming on his
own account
The Washington times., 1914-06-23

past. But once In a while you Will
find some film manufacturer putting
out a piece OF paper that is not only
a disgrace to the industry, but a dis
grace to the community as we'll.
Il am in sympathy with the man
who wants to put punch paper in
front of his theater to get the
money. But / think there are a
great many enemies to the industry
in the form Of exhibitors who delib-
erately smear up a piece of paper
IN order to get a few extra dimes.
not thinking of the general effect 1t
has on the public. / am refer ing
particularly. in this instance, to
something that occurred in Denver.
We sent out a three-sheet that had
plenty Of punch in 1t. but the ex-
hibitor was not satisfied; he painted
in a few more dead bodies. threw
some red paint on It and made it
look like a miniature slaughter
house. OF course. 1t got the crowd.
but II also got complaint from the
chief of police"
The Washington times., 1914-06-23

<sA@>Ss ~ SASASs CIuDS dH 10 8tdnQ
for a single standard of morality
and higher. loftier ideals Of mar
riage.
Out in Council Bluffs. Iowa, is
such a fathers club. In New York
city. a little over a week ago, the
fathers asked that they might have
a fathers day. The little blue but
standing for purity. worn by tens of
thousands of children on Mothers
Day in honor of mother, has accom-
plished its purpose. Father does not
want mother to have all the glory,
and I prophesy that Parents day
will be the outcome.
That Is what our suffrage friends
demand for. in this work. man and
woman have a common interest. for
the link Of childhood binds both to-
gether-for to both the life Of he
future depends.
Woman In Industry.
Let US turn our attention to some
of the questions that properly be-
long to woman's sphere. For in
stance. the part woman Is playing In
the Industrial world. Now IL is not
cafe, sane or logical TO say she does
not have to be there. You cannot
run your great factories without
her. In New England girls are de-
serting the factory for the stores
and other more pleasant employ
Inent. and factory heads wonder how
they are going to fill the deserted
ranks.
Go into the business world. and
YOU will find the msn AT the head of
these great trusts almost invariably
has a woman for his secretary. Man
pays tribute to woman's capabilities,
but not her pocketbook or her rights.
There was a time when tradition
would not allow woman to enter the
mart Of labor: but that IS o. the
past. Men are constantly crying out
for more and more of these lives
to crush. with the great weight of
their machinery. whose wheels are
pressing out at once the lives of
young children and women, and gold
dollars for the capitalist 4. the
same time And yet these women
have no right to say how long their
day shall be: they have no right to
pass any legislation TO protect their
lives OF those of their children.
Woman's Defense.
In arguing the strike among wonn-
en- In one of our great cities recently,
one Of these mothers turned on the
men and said: You may take my
children's lives that 1 have suffered
to bear and rear for you: you may
break me. but from henceforth you
The Washington times., 1914-06-23

cannot make me bear more chfldroD
to suffer for you.'
This may come to be the sclutions
and why not? IL man, In his selfish
blindness, Is forcing women into the
white slave traffic, why should she.
suffer tortures in order to furnish
more lives to be crushed IN a n1iser.
able existence?
Right To Make Laws.
Let US so train our girls that
they will honor the various functions
of their bodies, and hold the price
less gift Of creation above gold or
precious stones. This can BE- done.
but not until women have the light
to help make the laws which give
to all wage-earners a living wage
have been doing some research
work among shop girls. On an av.
erage, they do not receive moro
than "a to SO a week They must
dress well. keep well, and be cheer.
full In order to serve US and to keep
their positions. Can you blame
them IL they, finding the burden
greater than they can carry. listen
to the voice of the tempter? We.
the women, are to blame that We
do not band ourselves together. and
go to the employers and demand:
Unless you pay these girls a liv-
ing wage. we will not purchase an
article from your establishment"
/ have gone into stores and
watched these girls. standing dur
ing the long hot day. Many a girl
tainted, and they tell me that that
Is not unusual Ought this to be?
We women are to blame for
these conditions, In that we do not
demand changes. But how much
easier IL would be IL we could but
right these wrongs through Coop
Grafton with man in making laws
to 1T these conditions.
Some Needed Laws.
Women have just as great a need
of the knowledge of law as Eian-
There are many changes that would
have to be made In our laws, IL wo-
men understood their limitations as
to their rights to their own children
and property. They would pass laws
which would prove a protection
against crime and disease; laws
thSt would teach q protection to-
higher Satriotism than gain. getting
and greed; protection that VIII
give a liberty that will ring through
out our great commonwealth that
all mankind Is born free and equal
We must labor aide by side to
fneulcate into the minds of the
youth lessons of m unselnshness
that does not border upon the love
of an inner self. hut rather the
brotherhood Of mankind; develop
ing In them the threefold relation.
ship In which they stand to Cod
man, and tn state. We I'm this
country have cared too much for
the artihcialities Of life. and not
enough for that which has real
Intrinsic value.
Are we building ideals toward
which the youth Of this nation can
turn. from which to fashion their
lives? Is there not a great necessity
for man and woman to reason to-
sether and plan laws that viii give
to the youth of this nation differ
ent ideals? For. are we not giving
them base, sordid standards that are
engraved on one side with a golden
eagle, and on the other with the
love of ambition and power, would
II not be wise to give to future gen
erations equal rights to carry all
from the cradle to
the grave.
The Washington times., 1914-06-23

Introduction to a little talk about
frozen dainties which do not need
an ice cream freezer.
1t may astunish some TO know
that the ice cream freezer as we
know IL in America Is unknown
abroad. Our national plate OF Ice
cream, in a picturesque pyramid on
a heavy white china saucer. Is in
terwover in our history from pic
mic days onward. But all ice cream
requires turning and a little more
elaborate effort than is required
from those dishes which come un-
der the general head of mousse In
our cook book
The basis of these dishes is either
gelatine or whipped cream. or both.
combined with fruit, custard. and
cake. What we call a parfait Is a
boiling syrup poured over the
whites of eggs. This mixture Is
allowed to cool. is then packed in
to a mold. placed in Ice, and later
emerges as a solid dessert of a
very delicious kind.
To the housewife. especially those
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
DAILY MAGAZINE PAGES FOR EVERYBODY
Better PQrenthOOd
Gives Higher Ideal

Hopeful indication of higher ideal of parenhood Is I'd
weeping demand from community community fathers Organise
for the welfare of their children mothers already DONE
Men beginning to work tksy
realize the need of nobe and er ideals marriage and msr
nsisence single standard of morality will asserts Mrs.
Dubois in toddys talk NTH parents child welfare
Man has always given what she wants and NTH d.
rlands of society," mans faith call The
need give ideals for baser Standards
plan together produce equal responsibility from cradle
the grave.
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
Truths by Women Who
Know National Aid for the
NIIOW Working Glasses
A HOUSING Loan Project

Credit for the be passed by Congress for the
elimination of the alleys Washington alleged breeding places of
crime and disease generally given Miss Caroline n Fiske
laughter of Rear Admiral Bradley Fke What be done with
the who will elected their alley homes the alley
elimination bill passed? Miss Fke thinks that the Borand
Pomerene bill will situation.
AS many of the inhabitants of alleys afford the higher
of Miss Fse expresses the belief that the Govern
their by housing loan law plan which has
worked we'll in foreign countries
Miss Fske has made study of alley conditions working
with the Alley Improvement Association Her great
efforts effect the passing of bills in Congress a
fectng alley dwellings Instead dividing her by a
fang organizations she devoted all of her
this object has consistent lobbyist and
Of season for its support.
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
THE ONLY
Department Representing
THE PUBLIC
WHAT THEY'RE SHOW.
ING IN WASHINGTON.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Mutual program, Central Park,
Ninth near G street.
"The Gamblers,o CrandaIPs Ninth
and E streets.
Feature program the Virginia,
Ninth between F and G streets.
"Jess," Olympic Park, Fourteenth
and v streets.
"The Creation" the Belasco, La.
fayette Square.
"Water BY Death,' the Virginia,
Ninth between F and G streets.
TOMORROW.
Mutual program, Central Park,
Ninth near q street.
"a Fatal PEARL" CrandnIrs,
Ninth and f streets.
.The struggle EverIastinr.o
Olympic Park, Fourteenth and v
streets.
"Ihe Creation, the BeIsseo, La
fayette square.
"The Lure Of New York; the
Virginia, Ninth between r and G
streets.
The Washington times., 1914-06-23

knows we have
had an oversup-
ply of the club
that took the
place of home
The new de-
mand that faith
ers are making Is
for clubs whose
m e m b ership Is
made UP of the
fathers Of the COM
munity. and their
aim and purpose
IL to study the
C o n di tons sur
rounding the ir
children. These
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
Bv MISS CAROLINE H. FISKE.

One hears so constantly about the
beauty of Washington-beauty m
buildings. in avenues, in parks in
homes-that II comes somewhat as
a shock TO learn that Washington.
in common with other cities. has
districts CT squalor, and vice and
misery. Yet, in 1905. when Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent the Homes Com
mittee to Investigate housing con-
ditions in the National Capital, the
committee reported the cond tions
a. very bad. and advised doing
away with the alleys as quickly as
possible. What were these alleys
which were recommended to be
wiped out, and what were the con-
ditions then found TO be so deplor-
able? For the alleys are still with
us. and the conditions. though
slightly improved. are still depIora-
Bile
planned II. as a thoroughly beau
tiful G doubt: and his plan
provico, each house having
the city sc" in numbers, particu-
larly after the Civil War. when
thousands Of refugees and slaves
Toured into the Capital. these back
yards were brought into service for
which they We're never intended. huts
were set up, and even stables were
converted into dwellings Then
business instincts awoke. and in
stead of these ramshackle places
being torn down, more like them
were put up, and today many are
reaping unwholesome profits from
this wretchedness of alley inhabi-
tants.
Of course these alleys have no
street publicity, and vice, crime and
disease flourish free of pol ce inter
ference. Today the death rate
The Washington times., 1914-06-23
By MRS. FRED 7. DUBOIS.

Organization for better parent
hood which will eventually mean
better childhood Is being manifested
throughout the United States in a
mighty wave OF effort.
One of the most hopeful signs Of
the times Is the demand fathers are
making for fathers clubs-not the
ordinary mems clubs-goodness
The Washington times., 1914-06-23

A y auto Is
A ::;, s;; ;,'' 81: q: !:
ject with
a crank. Indeed
from the house
holders point OF
view an Ice
cream freezer Is
far more of a
cranky object.
This poor pun
will serve as an
The Washington times., 1914-06-23

CTomorrow's story,
The BunnieS Start a Search Party.'O
The Ordway new era., 1914-09-11
Treasures Notice on Request
for Tax Deed

To every person In actual possession Or oceupan-
cy of the hereinafter described lind, lot or
premises. and to ths person In whose name the
same was taxed or specially assessed and to all
persons having an interest or title Of record in
or to tho same.
Notes 10 hereby given that on the 18th day Of
December. A. d. 1911. the following described
property then situate in the county Of Otero. now
in the county Of Crowley and State Of Colorado.
to-wit:
The Eh of the SWh Of Section one. l. township
twenty-one. q. Range fifty seven. ST. containing
sixty, go, acres. was sold for the taxes for the
year 1910 and purchased by William Young who
hath made request upon tho treasurer Of said
county for = deed.
That the aaid premises were taxed for said
year 1910 in the name Of J. F. Wormouth.
That the time Of redemption Of said real estate
from such tax sale will expire on the 2sth day OF
December A. D. 1914 and unless redeemed on OF
before said day deed will be issued therefor.
Dated this sth day Of September. A. D. 1914
VIM. BROADBENT.
Treasurer of said County Of Crowley.
First Publication Sept. II. 1914.
Last Publication Sept. 25. 1914.
The Ordway new era., 1914-09-11
Treasurer's Notice on Reques
for Tax Deed

To every person in actual possession or occu'
panoy Of the hereinafter described land lot
or premises. and to the person IN whose
name the same was taxed or specially ASSESS
ed, and to all persons having an interest or
title of record in or to the same.
Notice Ia hereby given that on the 18th day
OF December. A. D. 1911, the following described
property then situate in the county of Otero
now in the county of Crowley and State OF
Colorado. to-wtt:
The SO of the NWx of the sWx and the
Nj OF the sWA Of the SWA OF Section twenty :
eight. %. Township twenty one. q, and Range
ifty-eight. containing forty, 40, acres. was
sold for the taxes for the year i9i" and pur-
chased by William Young. who hath made re.
quest upon the Treasurer of said county for a
deed
That the said premises were taxed for said
year 1910 in the name Of J. b. Johnson.
That tn. time Of redemption of said real es.
tate from such tax sale will expire on the 2sth
| day of December, A. D. 1914 and unless re-
deemed on or before said day. deed will be Is
| sued therefor.
Dated this eighth day OF September. A D.
| 1914. vm. BROADBENT,
| Treasurer OF the said county of Crowley.
| First Fub. Sept. II. 1914
| Last Pub. Sept. % 1914.