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The Washington times., 1914-03-14

A. man Of affairs. busy In the
active practice of q lawyer, one VINO
for ten years was officially respon-
sible in part for the government OIL
the National Capitol. I take prac-
tical view of Te Bible l am not
competent to indulge in either the
higher criticism or the lower crit-
cism Of the book. 1 am not compe-
tent. perhaps. to add anything TO
what has been said about its liter
ary value: although from my own
experience ] can confirm all that has
been said about its Importance IN
the education of the intellect. But
do feel that I am entirely competent
to speak of il in Its relation to the
spirit Of man. It is this after all
which Is the practical aspect OF the
book. For every hundred persons
who can intelliSently discuss the the
ories Of Biblican criticism there are
literally millions who are or ought
to be intensely interested in what
the Bible can do for them in their
ordinary everyday living.
Unfortunately the Bible is largely
still an unknown book. Although II
is the best seller" in the world II
is still read by comparatively few
people. Absurd Interpretations of the
Bible in newspapers, magazines,
books. public addresses. and conver-
sations and the failure of people
generally to understand allus!ons to
its contents or correct quotations of
them. are not only proofs of this.
but they suggest the greater fact
that It Is not the guide book of hu-
man life that its great circulation
would seem To imply.
The real test of any book is what
effect IT has upon. first. the think
ing. and then the living OF those
who read it. The Bible In emphat-
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

farmer and the consumer, the COM
mission merchant being the sup
posedly bad link in the chain.
There is no doubt that farmers
have been tricked and swindled by
dishonest Commission men" that
were not working for a commission
at all, but were grabbing the farm
er's profit as wei! as the whole
saler's, making false reports TO the
farmer and paying him prices so low
that he lost money. In other cases
the commission n.en have been hon.
est but unintelIigent. They led the
farmer to glut the market one week
and leave it bare the next.
These are the things that have dis
couraged the farmer and kept him
from growing stuff that should be
much cheaper than it is. The farm
er has been driven, through disas-
trous experience with a market
which he cannot understand, back
to the cultivation of the non-perish-
able staples
IF State commission can act as
clearing house adviser. helping
alike the farmer. the wholesaler, the
corner grocer and the consumer,
eliminating waste and putting eff
cheney into a business which is now
miserably disjointed, a great and d.
rect public good will be accom-
nliShed
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
MlDDLEMAN OR HOUSE.
WIFE?

The housewife blames the middle
man, as most of us Go, for the high
cost Of living. Strange to say, the
middleman seems to think that the
housewife herself is quite as much
TO blame. A commission merchant
explained the other day that he
didn't believe the middlcmsn would
ever be driven out of business. The
speaker based his views on what he
knew about women's ways of mark
citing. He explained that to drive
out the middlenan would mean that
the housewife must buy direct from
the farmer. She wouldn't. he de-
clared. She much preferred to tele-
phone to the corner grocer for her
supplies.
Unfortunately the experience of
most of us will bear out this asser-
ton. Apparently it is much easier
20 get the farn,er to come to town
with his wagon than 20 get the
housewife to go to the farmer with
her basket. &
"The modern housewife uses her
telephone, has her purchases deliv-
cred to the door, and, of course, has
TO pay for this extra service" was
the commission merchants way of
putting it. The women have shown
themselves eager enough to solve the
cost Of living problem. They have
entered into racts to boycott the
butcher and the poulterer. Let
them enter into compact 20 carry
their own market baskets and do
their own buying.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
Throw Out the
Life Line
By TONY BIDDLE.

- CCCESS lies just across the
line from failure-just a step
4 beyond When the boat is 60
ing down, the wonderful life
line may be very near at hand. The
step which means success in the one
instance and life in the other is not
mere physical step. 1t is a step
inside-in energy. in stickativeness.
in patience, in perseverance,, in ply
sical trimnessso that when the
great moment comes. the chance for
progress. the opportunity to go for
ward, you will not be found wanting.
The keynote of success is the su-
preme confidence which comes only
with effort. For instance, when John
Thomas Augustin Hagan. a lad OF
but seventeen years. better known
as Young Jack O'Brien. and brother
of Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, met
Worlds Lightweight Champion Ad
Wolgast, the ferocity OF whose $50
battles had won him the sobriauet
OF the wildcat" there were many
who skepticslly said the fight would
Jacks career and end disastrously.
II was in the secound round when
Wolgast. rushing wildly from his
corner. swung on Young Jack. fell
Ing him for the cunt The boz
arose dazedly. bleeding profuse,y
from wounds. in the mouth and law.
and somehow managed To mancuver
fhFnriIrh the
sisted he SHOULD not 20 on Young
Jack insisted he would continue the
contcst-that he felt sure lie couId
win. To the surprise of the. audi
cnce Young Jack arose To the occ,-
sion, and in the third round I'm a
most sensational rally, battled VOL
gast toe to toe. outbOxinC him ana
proving conclusiveIy to the world a,
the end of six rounds that he wa,
Wdgasts master in the art of Gst,-
cuffs and cleverness
So il will be seen that when the
opportunity offered Young lack
took the step forward and not back
and had he not brought into play
all Of his latent energy. his. endur-
ancc and his ''never-say-faiI." a JIf-
ferent verdict would have gone out
to the world. II was this confidence
which came from effort, which
stood Young lack I'm such good
stead in the sixty encounters which
have marked the meteor'c career Of
the clever young boxer. including
his successes with Leach Cross.
One Round Hogan. Knockout
Brown, Freddie Welsh, Jimmy
Duffy. and Young Erne
Dissuasion. protest. .iiffidence, and
fear met him on all sides. and had
Young Jack followed the suggestions
Of those who would have held him
back. he would not be deemed to-
day an opponent worthy of any ones
cons 'deration.
II hence behooves each one of us
TO beware of discourasinE young
aspirant.
Cheer man on to victory rather
than defeat, Throw out the life
Incl
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

Two Illinois railway employees swallow
gulps down Z, while the winner gets on
the outside of 81. The fare registers on
that line must be a fine place for a
spider to spin his web.
Kentucky mans ashes are scattered
into the Ohio river. They would have
accomplished more good on the side
walk.
The motor on Rodman wanamaker's
transatlantic aeroplane is capable of
making 100 revolutions minute. II it
ever gets to South America it will be a
howiing success.
Dispatch from Ecuador states that
rebels stole away from 4 town without
fighting. Stole away? The piIefrinH
habit is SO firmly ingrained I'm their
systems down there that they even re-
treat that way.
Destitute man accosts the Crown
Prince of Germany in the street and
makes a piteous appeal for help. Crown
Prince offers him a job. showing that
you can be just as heartless in German
as you can in English.
Rich American woman makes pets of
ants. Well. II you've got 'em. you might
as well have them fs1Andly.
American engineer is going to harness
the Nile. Retaliation The English sad
died the canal.
Engineers have already harnessed the
Niagara Falls. but they forgot to put
binders on 1t. Tourist season opens
SOON.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
SNUFF FORTHE AUTOISTS,

Autoists in dear old London are
said to be taking snuff. No cigar,
cigaret or pipe, however efficient,
can operate full time in the nor
caster that blows over the foredeck
of a full-rigged six-cylinder, hence
the substitute of another member of
the tobacco family.
It's an ancient and honorable GUS
tom which is said to be percolating
rapidly across the Atlantic, and there
IS no telling how soon the Great
American Hen will sacrifice her life
on the altar of a chaufTeur's sneeze.
While it wouldn't exactly revolu-
tionize the automobile industry
which already has nearly as many
revolutions in the past ten years as
our belligerent Mexican neighbors,
the snuff idea would add daring
and novel touch to the general
scheme of motor things.
Imagine the eentIemanly sales
man at the automobile show, whis-
pering gently into the left ear Of
prospective car owner words to this
effect:
Let me call your attention to the
silver-mounted, wor-m-gear snuff
pox, with ball-thrust bearings guar
anteed to stand every strain and
take all the corners on high speed.
The facing is not lubricated--"
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
BETTER MARKETING OF
FOOD.

Governor Glynn asks the New
York legislature TO provide for the
establishment Of single headed
food and market commission. II
will cost, ne estimates. $4,000. to
try it on and it might prove to be
worth thousand times that amount.
The governors idea is that such
commission may be able to abolish
some of the evils that are directly
responsible for the high cost of food.
These evils are caused, for the most
part, by bad connections between the
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
MAKING ROADS SAFER.

Governor Glynn, of New York,
has signed the bill which makes it
compulsory for horse-d,awn vehicles
on public highways to display at
night red light visible from the
rear.
This is law which has been need
ed for years. Steps should be taken
to have its provisions copied
throughout the whole country, for it
IS in the country rather than in the
city that it will be of the most bene-
fit.
If the law is enforced it will re-
suit in reducing the number of acci-
dents that come from collisions in
the dark between motor cars and
wagons and carriages. It will take
some of the strain off the nerves of
drivers who hitherto have gone along
in dread of disaster.
Many farmers have scorned to use
lights to protect either themselves
or others. But they should see the
sense of this new law, which exacts
no more from them than the law
has exacted from the automobile
owner for years. No large expense
Is entailed, as most modern farm
lanterns are equipped with a red
eye" behind the fame. By hanging
a lantern from the axle one lantern
will send warning to front and
rear.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
Truths By Women Who
Vro11, The Biggest Need
NllOW of the Race
The Proper Study of Eugenics

Dr.. Einora Famar superintendent of the Womans Clinic
Auxiliary best known Washington organizer of public
health education eugenis hygiene
education
Dr. Fokmar to Washington years later
of the ucorporators of the Peoples Gardens of Washington
In 1911 she organized the educational department Womdns
Clinic More than physicians Joined campaign
public health education and several hundred given
health subjects mothers teachers boy campfire
girls
Df Fomar last achievement Washington the organization
of the Womans Clinic Auxiliary association of for the
conduct of Downtown clinic for and children This clinic
located at ZIG Thirteenth where everything arranged for
the comfort and convenience the paron patients need
medical surgical attention Keep Wells desiring information
about hon to keep weu Prevention is the watchpod
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

The work of this society and OF
the Journal soon will clarity in
the minds of many the prevalent
confusion concerning eugenic and
hygienic marriages. Eugenics has
to deal cnly with those traits
which are transmissible for sue
cessiye generations through her
edity. It has nothing to do with
traits scquired during the life OF
the individual. as these are not
transm.ssible by Inheritance
Object of Eugenies.
Practical eugenics seeks to in
fuence and control the social agen-
cies which may contribute 20 the i'm
provement or impairment of racial
qualities of future generations.
either physically or mentally.
At present, the best means for Sc
curing practical eugenics Is educa-
ton Once young women understand
that the undesirable traits of char
acter of their sweethearts are like
" to be transmitted to their chill
dren. the possession of a good in
heritance record viii be placed above
that of possession Of lucre or so
ctal position when considering ,he
eligible qualities Of suitors for hus-
bands.
'.Eugenics teaches that it il folly
to marry a man to reform him
We are coming to. realize that IL We
not to be yearly increasingly taAsI
for the care Of detectives and de-
generates, We must devise methods
for the prevention of the reproduc-
tion Of the unfit, especially the men
tally defective.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

ically book which. if read with opsr
minds must profoundly change the
meaning and purpose Of ones life I,
Is true that there is more Bible read
ing and study. especially of an or
Sanized kind. today than ever b.-
'"Fe. There are more men and
women than at any other time who
ally do love mercy and do Justly
walk IN this world as sons and
~hters OF God and brothers and
'ers: but 1t is equally true that il
actual number of Bibles publish
this year were read and studied
. they might be. there would be
such an increase in the number of
those who are living right as would
transform our civilization.
of course. the practical question
Tor the individual is. What are y,u
getting out of the Bible?
You VIII be surprised to find b,v
little YOU are getting out of n evs,
II you are more than ordinarily ,
reader of 1t. II takes the Same n.-
sistent and sensible effort to get
wealth out of that book as to vet
wealth out Of business. The ONLY diff
ference is that the wealth of tho
book Is so much greater ar. liner
and more lasting. Most of us have
this as an undeveloped property OF
great potential value. We read
about it and we talk about it. but
We are only in the prospectus stag.
OF this important undertaking. III
We go forward and act Just as we
would to develop business, putting
into the undertaking equal zeal and
wisdom. We shall get out OF it actual
wealth. for which we might well give
all the money in the world. Read
the book,
.lCopyright. 1914. by Joseph Is. Goules.l
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
New Hospital Is City's
X Greatest Need X

ent winter. the population has gone
as high as c45. which means inordi-
nate crowding of beds. not only in
the regular wards. but in rooms in
the Easements, wholly unfit to care
for the sick.
No physical changes with the pres
ent equipment will relieve the con-
gestion or add to the comfort Of the
sick
There are certain vacant buildings
on the site formerly used as
workhouse. but they are not avail
able because they are filled with
steel cells.
During the past fiscal year the
hospital has treateI 2S+5 patients in
its wards. In addition, it has treated
314S patients in the District jail. 1t
has a record of fifty-five births in its
maternity ward.
The hospital kitchen was built to
provide service for perhaps 100 pa
tients. Now it must provide service
for more than 800 patients and en-
p:oyes.
The class of patients received diff
fers from those received at other
hospitals. because they are Of a kind
that the hospitals consider undesir-
able. Among them are the ALLEGED
lunatics. dope fiends, and alcoholics,
who may be noisy and disturb other
raticnts. Among the others many
arc chronic cases of every descrip-
ton. and incontinents. Adequate and
humane provision should be made
not Onl; for these classes, but also
for conValesCents, for whom scarce
~ any provision IL made at present
at any hospital. on account Of the
crowded conditions.
What Is Needed.
The city should at once provide a
hospital with accommodations for at
least 300 patients. The city is stead
lily growing. and the sick are becom-
ing more numerous. Then, again. the
municipal hospital should b., on ,
site apart from the District iaiI.
Where prisoners are detained. often
the INDECENT sick hesitate to enter
the hospital on account of It's locs-
tion. and because II is. in its admin
istrstiOn. part of the District jaiI.
With an available site for the hos
pital. suitable buildings with ac-
commodatiOns for about 100 patients
could be provided 1T an expenditure
OF 500 an. This hospital should have
ben erected ten years ago. II is
high time that beginning he made
at once for the present plant Is not
81 credit to the city.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
Back to the Bible

No literally educated who has neglected systematic
study Bible the book that has greater influence UPON
all other books combined"-G F. Bopad A. M L.
D. President University of Southern California
THE BEST SELLER, ~ YET LARGELY UNKNOWN
BY HENRY MCFARLAND
the District o Coumbia)
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

American navy will now use oil for
cooking. Warships booked for a trip
through the troubled canal waters
should carry an. extra supply.
A paragraph by Page spoke volumes.
His sentence has not been announced
yet.
In making speech 50 semi-CoIon,
Page must have been IN n state of
coma. Period
THE OLDEST INHAB SEZ-
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Me, tinSS. evening:
National niun Columbia Council
Odd Fellows Patriar"hs Militant, Canton
Washington. No. l.
Socialist Party Womens Committee Iu,rb
con SIl T. street
Sons Of JOnadab John e. Daley Council
No :.
Amusements.
Ma Maids OF Athens" ,.ls and S:l,
y. m.
Columbia Nearly Married" els and SIS n
~.
Eciasc" The Pleasure seekers" ":Op and
500 y. IN.
Polls "EindIinE." " ":15 and Sis n ~
knith's Vaudeville. 2.i5 and S:lo y. ~
Cosmos Vaudeville, continuous
Casino-Nludeville, afternoon and evening.
Gayety-BurlesQue. ::l5 and s.l5 y. H.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

Nom that the establishment of a
municipal hospital, such as GAL
linger Hospital Mill be, is prac-
tically assured, the following brief
article by DR.. Louis F. Zinkhan,
superintendent of the Washington
Asylum Hospital and Jail, is of in
terest on account of his intimate
knowledge of conditions at the in
stitution.
DR.. Zinkhdn has an enpiable
record as the head of public msti-
tutions and came to Washington
from Baltimore a fen years ago.
1t is worhy of note that, NTH
all the condemnation OF conditions
existing at the Washington Asylum
Hospital, and which has led to the
recent Congressional action regard
ing the Gallinger Hospital, the in
pestigdtOrS have been unanimous
in according to DR.. Zinkhdn high
praise for his administration of df-
fairs at the Institution, Nth the hm-
tied means and material at his dis
pOsdl. and they hare consistently
exOncrdted him from any stigma
of blame for the objectionable con-
ditiOnS.
BY DIR. L. F. ZINKHAN.
The greatest need of the city OF
Washington at present Is a new mu-
ncipal hospital to care for the indi-
gent sick of the District.
The present plant is located OIL
reservation Il. and is housed In a
number of small buildings which
have long since served their purpose.
The plant consists Of about "A dozen
buildings. all of which are of frail
latter. the more pretentious. is an old
brick building. formerly used as an
almshouse. hut now serving AS the
pSychOpathic ward. The patients
must all b" grouped in different
wards, according to sex and color.
and with normal segregation of the
different classes accommodations
are provided for about 175
n IL
beds are apportioned to wards. and
when all of the beds are filled
other patients are refused But at
the Washington Asylum Hospital this
connot be done. because il IL the |
hospital of last resort. and the bis
trict must make provision somehow
for the sick and dying not otherwise
provided for.
The result is that. during The pres
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
rHE OLDEST INHAB SEZ-

9TH only trouble
about spring is
that there amt
any"
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Brilliant Webbing at WsrTentun

A brilliant wedding ceremony Of great
interest to Washington took place last
evening at Warrenton. Va. where Miss
Sarah Robb Tyler Marshall and Mr.. David
Mack Warren were married in St James
Episcopal Church In the presence Of a
large company. Rev. William Gibson
Pendleton, the rector, oficlated.
The bride is the only daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. william Churchill Marshall, Of
warrenton: the bridegroom 4 son Of Mr..
James A. Warren. late Of Chicago.
The bride. who was handsomely gowned
In white satin trimmed with tulIe and
duchess lace. wearing a veil caught with
a wreath OF orange blossoms, carrying a
bouquet OF lilies Of the valley, had as her
attendants Mrs William f. Wilbur, as
matron Of honor. and Misses Elizabeth
Gaines and Lettice L. Clarke. OF Warren
ton, as her bridesmaids. These three
trimmed with gold lace and tulle, and
carried shower bouquets of Killarney
roses. The flower girls-Miss Katharine
Rhett, of New York, and Miss Mary Eliz-
abeth Payne, OF washington-carried bas-
kets Of pink roses. and wore smart dresses
Of yellow and white chiffon. Mr.. Law
renee. organist OF St Margaret's Church.
OF Washington, presided at the organ and
rendered before the ceremony and during
same many appropriate selectons- MI.
Warren had as his best man Mr.. Bayard
Sturgis. OF New York. while Messrs.
Maurice Lee, of Wilmington, Del; Sam
C.. Chew, of Baltimore; Roswell Mason.
Of Chicago. and Mr.. Frank Lawler, OF
Boston, were the ushers. The church was
artistically decorated with autumn iow-
ers, the color scheme being well carried
out with myriads Of white chrysanthe-
NUNS and autumn leaves, while -garlands
Of Southern smilax were used to good ad-
vantage. After the ceremony a reception
was given at Pembroke. the home OF the
bride, by Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall, after
which the couple left on a special train
to Washington.
Among the out-of-town guests present
were: Mr.. Walter Ruth, Miss Mary Nell
son. Mr.. Henry Chew. Miss Lucy Mar
shall, Mr.. and Mrs. William L Marbury,
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
years.

less anxious
declared moratorium though the White
resident and hostess famous for
entertaining entirely their winter homes
Sheridan and Dupont einless
Nothing cosmopolitan spirit OF the American capital
changes its official life yet
year IN and year out impenebe to the
ineude al who worth while
garden this playground of the reh the the
wated garden just the where all
enjoy the preud of his well
advantages
membership therein
society leadership something alleged BY persons
of existence while those who know
evidences leadership wisely maintained and sdlfuy
world when occasionally hap
club Where there
be practical with the
administration Another why Wash
nstou regardless of whether the absorbing
occupation leaders dancing ragtme music knitting for the sol
of,the European armies
To be evident everybody but
and The
new recognized
all
which OF the polite world is delighted to be asked
enlarged
popular headquarters
George Barnett nauguratng brilliant
the Washington Navy Yard
possibilities aboard the Dolphin the
MayHowe addition the regular dances the sail loft all
showing signs of great social activity
the mnandan at the yard where Capt
Jones hall the chiefs headquarters there will be
revival agreeable
nono6 trustworthy announcement
of the Washington in San Dpnngoan
Ebee are known society having Washington home fire
inteva IN The pa
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

A. Miles. who retired with the highest
honors of his branch of the service, has
established his home at the Rocham-
beau for the coming winter The new
Chief of Staff and Mrs Scott are a
welcome addition, although they are
succeeding Gen. and Mrs. Leonard
Wood, whose place from social point
of view, would be impossible o'fll.
E Gen. and Mrs. Scott will follow the
example of Gen. and Mrs. Wood and
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

youthful portion of our winter spopAa-
tion as shown by the increasing num-
Der Of distinguished warriors of land
and sea who select Washington as their
place Of; retirsment -
Here are to be found the Admiral OF
the Navy and Mrs. Dewey, whose spa
cious home in K street is filed with
interesting trophies and testimonials to
the hero of Manila Bay which are
unique not only in the history of the
nation, but of the world. Gen. Nelson