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The Washington times., 1914-04-26

old and crowded houses or must go
into the small shacks that often
have no sanitary corrveniences, poor
ventilation and inadequate lighting.
The man who makes 50 day or less
should not have to pay more than
s. or IS a month.
Is Quickly Felt.
The effect of this overcrowding
usually is felt quickly in the mortal
ity figures of the locality where it
exists. Likewise, it encourages i'm
morality"
One way of reducing the mortai-
" rate in Washington. General
Sternberg explained. would ne 10
have sanitary code, enforce II
with vigor. prohibit overcrowdiag.
and close every house not up to
the sanitary standard.
But there you run up against
practical difficulty" he continued,
Legislation to prevent overcrowd-
ing. if rigid!y enforced. would turn
abe to get proper shelter for them
selves and their families. There
fore. while WASHINGTON has q con-
demnation board. that board right
ly acts with great care. lest I un-
Willingly make conditions worse
IMAM DeiOTt DH C-OSlnS some houses
only to overcroT:d others or entail
suffering among those compelled to
move.
Houses Are Damp.
There now are in WASHINGTON
many houses that are damp. poorly
vent lated, and are without sanitary
coTven ences or even running water.
These should be gotten rid Of and.
Of course, the alley houses should
b" torn down as fast as it is ex-
ped!ent TO do so. The only way to
solve the problem, II is evident. is
to build large numbers Of sanitary
houses. equipped with modern con-
Neniences. and well planned in re-
gard 10 light and ventIlat on. TO be
rented al a rcasOns bic sum
To meet this need. two ComDanies
now are in operation here. In both
o. them the vidends are limited
to per cent. Both have succeeded
in building scores of small houses
meeting these conditions and rent
Ing for monthly sums ranging from
$50 to Sl2. General Sternberg is
president OF both these companies.
His interest in the problems of hous-
Ing In Washington began seventeen
years ago. with the formation of the
Washington Sanitary Improvement
Company. This company has invest
ed nearly sl,C00.c00 in more than 2S9
houses. and p more two-fat houses
are TO be built in the southwest sec
tiOn this summer, for colored ten
ants.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
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The Washington times., 1914-04-26

other circumstances that would af-
feet the income and expenditure OF
the families.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
20 Years YOUNGER

IN 70 MINUTES BY LIFTING. TRY IT!
SagginR cheeks make the face look premsturely
Old make an ugly. irregular chin -sIniling the
shape and expression OF the whole face.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07

appeared at the back door to ex-
IT'S golf. is it! It's golf to hit a
poor working girl in the back with q
cannon ball. Pay me my wages and
I'll leave at once!'
Mrs. Bowser came down and Mr..
Bowser came in, and Mrs. Bowser's
sympathies. added to Mr.. Bowser's
promises to raise the girls wages -
per month, finally brought about q
sort of holy calm.
"You-you see!" said Mrs Bowser
as he was ready to return to his golf.
Yes. see. he replied. land my
fore. That was simply an accident.
If she'd been attending to her busi-
ness she'd have lodged"
Two minutes later he was knocking
a ball about again, but by this time
all the boys in the neighborhood had
got on to the racket and were on the
fences.
Whats do game. cully?" called
one.
de ole man has got de high
5inks!'' shouted a second.
"Hully gee, but he's as timber as
an elephant" yelled a third.
Mr.. Bowser's play was to stand on
| his dignity and ignore the presence of
spectators. He succeeded fairly well
1oT a lew minutes ana gained unIlm-
| tied applause. Then. having caught
| on to one-ball fall and winter golf. he
became ambitious to spread himself
He got four balls in motion and fol-
lowed them. about and his antics and
| exertions brought him a curtain call
every thirty seconds. Mrs. Bowsel
had thrown up the window to give
him another sort of call when the
climax came. After giving one Of the
balls an awful whack he followed Il
on the jump. It struck the fence with
a smash. which provoked enthusiastic
and long-continued applause from the
boys. but it bounded back on a lint
with Mr.. Bowser's solar plexus, ant
when. it struck him he threw up hi,
hands and went down like a log
| Twenty boys. Mrs. Bowser and the
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07

''Who's going to climb" demanded
Mr.. Bowser as his nose began to red
den up. You talk as if were a child
or a fool. AS for liniments. I've used
a thousand different kinds. and what
good have they done me? What II
need. and the only thing to cure me,
is a quick motion Of the knees-so."
And he held up his right leg and
trate his meaning. Mrs. Bowser
couldn't catch the idea, and he added:
you've heard about golf. oil
course?''
"Yes."
"Great exercise You use your
brain and muscle at the same time.
I'm going to practice a little golf-fall
and winter golf. Robinson had had
rheumatism for twenty-eight years.
and yet one hour at golf drove it COM
pletely out Of his system. What I do
this evening will be preliminary-just
a warning to my pains and aches OF
what Is coming.
"But where are you going to per-
Fright out here in our own back
yard" he answered. I'm a week or
30. after get the hang Of things.
shall go upon the links. You know
what the links are, don't you? Even
IL you don't play golf you ought to
post up on the terms. There's caddy.
links, leftfeld. hanback. uppercut,
knuckles down. catch-as-catch-can
and don't know how many more.
Robinson wrote 'em all down. and I'm
going to commit 'em to memory
well, you'll go ahead. Of course.
but something will happen"
"Yes, something will happen. I'll
timber up my knees and be able to
jump over the table when come in.
You oppose It, of course. just rs you
oppose everything else I do, but I'm
not going to walk around on q pair
! OF crow-bars to please you or any
body else"
| Mrs. Bowser argued no further,
and Mr.. Bowser divested himself of
coat, vest and hat, and carried q
balls into the back yard. The golf
sticks. the balls and the holes and the
caddy were to come later on. Before
beginning the performance he looked
all around to see II the neighbors
were interested. As far as he could
observe they were not Not even the
head Of q hoodlum showed above any
Of the line-fence. Mrs. Bowser was
looking out at him from q window,
but that didn't count.
IF I'm going to work my knees I've
got to get up rum" he unused as he
spat on his hands and gripped the bat.
''The idea il to whack a ball and fol-
low it up and keep 1t going and here
goes
He sent the ball flying over the
snow as II shot from q cannon, and
was after It full speed. It had not
ceased rolling when he struck it again
and for dve minutes he was jumping
about like q man working for $40 Per
day and board and washing thrown
in. Then the ball took q ny and
crashed through the basement win
dow into the kitchen and struck the
cook in the back. She uttered Q yell
OF pain and surprise, and next instant
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07
cAII OUnUD nUnOI
He No Longer Has Place In
Kansas.
High Grade Equines Are on
the Increase.
NOW BRING TOP-NOTCH PRICES
Kansas Horses Are Shipped
Far and Wide.
They Are Valued at Approx.
mately $11O,OOO,OOO.
SUNDAY.

Never was there time in the his
tory of the United States when horses
were in greater demand than now. A
good horse does not go begging any
where. Instead of the horse being put
out of business by the motor car as
was freely predicted a few years ago
the demand for equine power has ac-
tually increased.
Late Kansas statistics show that
there has been a slight decrease in
the number of horses in the state in
the last two or three years. due par
TALLY to the horse disease that alarmed
the Kansas farmers comparatively re-
Gently. and also to the fact that the
ordinary scrub horse is coming into
disfavor. However, the late Coburn
figures show that there are 1,039,S $50
horses in the state valued at $109,-
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07
BOWSER'S WINTER GOLF.


Mr.. Bowser came home from the
office two hours ahead of time the
other day, and as Mrs. Bowser ex-
pressed her surprise and wanted to
know if any calamity and happened he
replied:
'T've got that rheumatism back in
my knees again. and I thought I'd
work 1t out"
you mean you are going to take
massage?" she Queried.
Better than massage. I'm going to
work the muscles, and thus work out
the rheumatism. The trouble with me
is that haven't used my legs enough .
But you don't mean that you are
going to climb telegraph poles and
jump over fences? If you have rheu-
matism in the knees why don't you
rub on some liniment? If you are go
ing to climb around"
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07

cook were surrounding the BODY =
minute later. NIrs Bowser Wa. aga-
tated and hystericaI but the boys
were az cool a. Ice.
DE ole coon's gone ana pr . W1d-
der" remarked one in busdnsestke
tones.
He'll never ambls around in a.
cold world no more!" added Z second.
'.All de- fun has been r1111e-0a11oA
and I'm goin' to move away!" sighed
a third.
There was . clothes basket. IN Oh
chair. lawn mower and . hammock
in the yard, and the boys gobblo4
Bowser and the cook were working
over Mr.. Bowser. In the course o9
three or four minutes he opened HE
eyes.
"Well. have you got the rheumatism
out Of your knees?" Queried Mrs..
Bowser.
He did not answer. Presently he
came back to him. Then he got mp
and with unsteady gait made his way
into the house.
"I feared at first that you wseo
killed." remarked Mrs. Bowser az they
reached the sitting room.
turned on her. why don't you say
you hoped and expected. and that you
are grievously disappointed? Who hit
me in the back with bricks? Who
tried daylight assassination? Woman,
understand-I have the proofs!"
But the ball must have bounded
back from the fence" she replied.
THAT will do! I know all about
bounding balls. 1t will take me about
an hour or SO to arrange the papers,
and then, Mrs. Bowser-then would
be murderess and victim will go their
separate ways. u any one calls
shall be in the library. and mean
while you might occupy your time
writing out your confession-your
| confession that 1t was a plot to MUIR
der me in cold blood."-(Copyrtght
1914, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn.
| dicate.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
THE MILITIA LAW.

The present militia laW b complain
"a e hR on the national guard side
because lt subjects local freedom Go
some sort OF national discipline. and
cu the arms side because 10 hands a
considerable sum IL MONEY which the
Regulars need for field artillery over
90 state saldier1 not under complete
command 81 The regular army
Thls g no great matter The laws
putting the state militia in the place
of regular army reserves subject ga
uae as the volunteers were used "a
tHe Philippines without loss az time
u twisting fed tape. VIII brng about
80 actual military reserve needed
mueh more cham field artillery Is nos
needed ts the regulars ny and lg
tae ARMY ssh learn 90 appreciate the
muua and thc militia wlll learn the
t4u "f the REGULAR army discipline
Hmiar nw ha been passed ~
ihe mtE after iaus efforts en- the
aia da ana opposition FROM that
0r fhe n4t raar. The national
reserve uHh Dsbt thousand enrolled
moss ana (which should ho doubled
lHfHg ne coming ttur s nude 70 poo
teuual paIt 81 che federal force when
necessity arises 90 active service u
mas bc called nta service at ans time
0y lhe president and officers ana
mea may volunteer for battieshlp scr-
t.ea for thirty days each ycr. with
ull pay aud allowance
The spanish war showed The neccs-
.o ior meh reserve. thoush that war
WAS small affair compared with
haf contest WIN Japan DEE us say,
uoa|a he Gradually ve are learuine
go prepare lor uar. without the ex-
peuse of maintaining rrcat army or
hurdersome nstN This rrepaw-
uon ihe greatest nueHnty ve can
have of au enduring peace
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
With Exchanges
EvELYN's TRIUMPHs.

Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's thea;ri.
sal tour which has been counted one
press agent triumph after another
reached it's climax 10 Richmond yes
terday. when the angel child" was
hailed into court
The chief attraction Mrs. Thaw Of
fefs is TO the curious. and there are
enough Of them In any city large
tnou4h 20 afford a theatcr 20 pack tho
house. The details Of the Thaw trial
in which she was the central figure
We're revolving but mo- newspaper
could have refused 10 print 81 faithful.
story without creating dissatisfaction
among ifs readers. The cry against
the publication heightened the inter
esq and nearly everybody IS more ia
miliar with IL than any other episode
Of recent years
Before Mrs Thaw was due 10 app
pear IN Bristol the ministers preached
against her but there appeared 90 be
no complaint at the box office The
opposition 10 the ministers probably
caused some 10 remain away but IL
doubtless convinced equally as many
that II was am exhibition that they
could not afford 20 miss.
In Memphis one OF the papers re-
fused to print anything about the per-
Torrance and that likewise proved to
be reason TO- packing the house. In
Nashville her press notices We're given
the customary prominence Mrs
Thaw had expressed q desire that She
should be judged for her artistic abili
ties and the wish that she might avoid
association with the tragedy 81 her
life She was greeted by packed
house ~ the usual theater-goers. She
appeared in a sketch which she exc
cuted about as well as an amateur
could De expected to- She seemed a lit
Ne older and q little thinner than one
would judge from the pictures She
was dressed modestly and performed
"a dance that would bore a tango party
20 participate in or witness.
She IS not classed as AN actress and
Is by no means an artist. AS soon
as the disapproval ceases her attrac-
ton viii end. Her purse has fattenei
on adverse criticism. which appears 20
be her best friend as far as the finau-
cial eXigencies require. Her artistic
ability Is not The explanation Tor her
success and FOR AN such actresses
stage life is OF short duration and the
best way % quickly dispose Of her Is
70 ignore her
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
YOU cANNoN Nd nIs Rou.

tsAHN| HA D. NJ 500 t'N.N
Joseph q. Caunnn's displcasuEe with
the Wilson administration was cx-
pressed Yesterday in the form ~
Lincoln birthday address One reason
Why the American people made Wood
row Wilson president was the knowi-
edge that il would bc dIslasteful 60 SIR
Cannon and MS kind. bat The vast eX-
tent of his dissatisfaction was not im-
agiued
Like an oid-fashione1 anathema
the eX-speaker's curses are compre-
rensiyc and am peDadlnE. lie con-
dennis everything that has been said
and done at Washington since March
q 1918. de loes not approve Of Mr..
Wilson or VI The democrats. He obs
lccts 60 their looks. their speech. their
manners, their behavior and especially
90 sheir vtesrg
In view of Mr Cannon's political
record. it is natural perhaps that he
should celebrate Liucolns birth hy
tradueing grcut successor ~ Lincoln.
but the depth of bis emotion Is
shown by The fact that he forgot Co
culogiEe Lincoln az am What he ap-
plauded most heartily was the war
tariff as increased and }ockeyed for
the enrichment Of trusts hy Mckinley
Dingley, Payne. Aldrich and smooi
aud this be piously informed his re-
publican hearers. progressive as Wei
US staudpatters, is the rock of our
salvation
H is sorry old rock, shattered as
IS today hy publicity. truth and
equality. IL IS a sad tribute to the
president who liberated race to heap
caiumny upon the president who is
freeing g nation from the bondage 81
monopoly and privilege.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
TIn SENATE AsrouNDED.

Tho aonute was asioundcd when d
wps learned that President wilson
VIII veto tho imm0arailon bM if f
comes % hlm with me utomeg test iu
o. The b.u passed thc house with
strong opposition 60 f. lut the op-
position w8s noe able q muster many
votes compared with tho number casi
for O. Do the senate. b is expected
that oven inc power y Gre president
ulii not BE- able % prevent the passage
of fhe hal but tho majority in iu fa-
tnr w.u rot be sufficiently large ~
insure thar DTS veto can De overridden.
The nleracy teri has not been popu-
lur ei.h the presidents Grover Cleye-
land allowed one 90 die without bis
signature AZ tho close ~ the session
of congress President Taft vetoed
the hsi bill passed lie did not hesl-
tate 20 give bic reasons Tor - doing
fie Insisted that s tost that would adj
mit every crook and cunning criminal
nd exclude the honest lahofer was
uot % a kind TO commend itself to
his judgment
President wilson has let q De known
that De wH foiioW these excellent pre-
cadenu and put che stamp % his dis
ppfoyai On "a measure which makes Il
necessary for The immigrant TO be
hia % read fortg worls ln iha EMS
Pea Language or SEINE other language.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
1nus no KEEP oooL

There is no need for excitement
over tha Benton Incident "a ths nma
$50 caH rr assured ihnt grat Hni
hln VIII make thorough lnvesuna
non uf 600 matter aud than in due
t'me action 500 be taken that wHl
bee lesson 10 villa and aba other saw
aroa when dealing ulh British sab-
lecb
f ne Rrtsh government shah and
thai ihe Jaws 70 civilized warfare were
reasonably observed hy VITA. me mat.
trr wH drop Hut e on fbo other
hand be- probably nu me case. y
Shall o. found thar Benton was muir
dfred Gref Britain 500 cam upon the
United states % aEe tho necessary
action to secure tho punishment ~
Nilh aud an indemnity
Should Mr Bryan continue bis
peace a. anY-prco policy following
such presentations bf Great Britain.
IL O. perfectly certain ihat the British
government au bruaa aside me Non
geo doctrine and etad punitive e1-
nediiion into Mexico. 81 sho has done
saoros e Times ia either countries
whcn autraeea ealled for sengeance.
Gladstone failed o. aet nhon chi-
Hes Gordon was heaarsd ln Khauum
After the macre me Gladstone
ministry was overthrow ana Great
Britain avenged Gordon maH tculll
So Succession of l.stfiss in ihc a
~ which more than HHeon thousand
q fhe mtaae sadauc uIhcmfn
were ief piled on tha battlefield at
omdurman
10 should 30 feand that Benton
vas murdered and lbo Aalm,h gov
erHmeHf then fails re- act il WIN be
overthrow should The present "a
min.nration az Warrington permit an
lufmciioa of the Monroe doctrine. the
democratic party win hc hurled from
power af tho flrsi election.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22

Fearing vengeance for Targar belong
"a % 8 powerful family the chief
ned with bis tribe % the Interior 81
the miand
Hs warriors watching their chief
soon found that be Was secretly wor-
shipping tho doll The chief waa DOT
popular. and a plot 10 nll him was
sacceHfal bst his brothers attacked
erie rebels ana rescued the d0ll after
tbey had killed five of the opposing
faction They took the idoi and fled
farther into the forest wiih o.
The reputation ~ the idol came 30
the ears ~ another tribe. a war en-
sued which lasted for many months
and the doh passed from one side to
The other many times and back again
until lu "a great battle the Alfakis
tribe conquered their enemies cap
tsfad the doll and built "a temple for
il where L now De- Rorahlpped as the
sod Of the tribe
The degrees ~ superstition vary ac.
cordue 10 climate and she degree q
OF the people, but q is.
there jpN TIE same. Oh some form.
Inherited from ihe past just as fear
" the dark o. IN Inheritance from o
million years ago
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22


I.o..If LN.a Stevenson. ehu. lag-
inF ht Hre tat.1 eHh
A#nd ainert ffeu nela 80 literature
wrote aH n'hef ah auaeos
q WHh he deH nfh ih tendency
- human nliara tu burden itself win
fHHa Thf liIe.nr fo'i ~ e
tHla.f WNrr n iha people Wure 3
ftiNtn HrH rHNn. iron HuI SD
81 ue# Win tl0m watkins
.rnlHat .ud crippled but
i' baHar h tera ausht from
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
81 IN SIeen ~

Joe Jefferson once played one
rleht engagement as rip Van Win
kfe ln Is small Indiana town. In the
hotel at which he stopped WAS an
lflsh porter. who, from the serious IN
Fest he took ia she hogse, might have
been the proprietor.
Al o'clock the next morning Mr.
jefferson was awakened hy q violent
humping GA his door fle had left
nn "calN order but his sleep was
spoiled. 80 be arose and soon appeared
before the clerk. Indignantly demand
Ing to know why he had been called.
Taking the clerk by the coat the
HIhtrnlaH led him 70 one side and said
Inc "a whisper lie were snoring like
horse. sorr. and Ord hccra The b'ys
say AZ how ne were wninsg afther
shaping far twlnty years, 50 oi seq to
meAlf 'Moike. its comin on 90 him
ee'ln an t's yeuT duty e git A.m rlsat
aat . yeF nesss.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
VAST or WAR.

We had a glimpse Of war. stripped
Of its glamour q few weeks ago. when
advertisements appearing In European
newspapers asked manufacturers If
CRITICAL limbs 10 submit bids for the
furnishing Of thousands OF arms and
legs. wanted Ia the Balkans
Now. the terrible sacrifice OF human
lives is presented TO our view. linz
pressively. though inadequately IN a
census taken ia the territory which
one ~ the allies acquired boy conquest
from the Turks.
Tho male population 81 the portion
81 Macedonia rllofted to Bulgaria So as
reduced during hostillties from 49,
t0e t0 $1,000. in bulgarian ThraCe
only 225.00n males remain ont 81 to-
tl If $4,000. while in the district
of Mui8pho Pasha. where fghting
ragged So long and So fierccly. but
1000 arc left out of $4,000.
The economic waste disclosed by
these figures. which cover hut d
small part 81 the region affected hy
the war. amounts tn 81 80 900 200. i
y0u value mans life at $4,000 which
has been the customary award to the
widow III fatal accident cases 90 the
courts Of America
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22

a noted clergyman. whose pastorato
is 500 well known city. was spending
Few days at the summer home OF one
Of his congregation, says Harper's
Magazine
While seated ON the piazza one ar
fernoon with his hostess her little boy
and girl came running toward them
the former with a rat held az arms
length ly the f3ii
"pou't bee afraid, mother he called
1T is quite dead. We beat him and
beat himr each declaration being il-
Illustrated by aH imaginary blow on the
rat Then. feeling q Difference might
be due ihe clergyman he said. in mea-
ured. solemn tones and with uplifted
cEes
Yes we beat him and beat him IN
nl-God Culied-him- hometH
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
The StOTgteHers
Explaining tbe Absence.

a hungry diner ia restaurant or
dered Q chicken piA When Il was
brousht d. raised be paste and sat
looking at the contfnts inientiy for
"a while Then DE caHed the waiter
Look here, sir." h6 said. what did
order9"
Chicken pie, sir'
And what have you brought me?'
Chicken pie, SIR"
Chicken pier the customer OK
claimed Chicken pie Why there's
not piece Of chicken in ii. and never
was"
That's right. sir. There aln't no
chicken ion a.
Then why do you cali It chicken
pie ! never heard Of such a thing.
That's an right There don't have
tie De chicken In a chicken pie There
amt NO dog In a dog biscuit. is there?
and there aint cottage IN a cottage
puddin as knows Of"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
Instant Relief When Nose and Head
Are Clogged Prom Cold. Stops
Nasty Catarrhal Discharges. Dull
Headache Nanishcs.

Try "Ely's Cream Balm"
Get a small bottle anyway. Just 70
try it-Apply a little in the nostrils
and instantly your Clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages III tine head
win open: you win breathe freely:
dullness and headache disappear. BY
the catarrh, coid-in-head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery nowl Get the
small bottle Of "Ely's Cream Balm"
az any drug store. This sweet